diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a53fb13..8a8522b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
     <jsr305.version>3.0.2</jsr305.version>
     <jackson.version>2.15.2</jackson.version>
     <commons-io.version>2.13.0</commons-io.version>
+    <jakarta.annotation-api.version>2.1.1</jakarta.annotation-api.version>
 
     <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.11.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
     <maven-jar-plugin.version>3.3.0</maven-jar-plugin.version>
@@ -229,6 +230,11 @@
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
       <version>${commons-io.version}</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+             <groupId>jakarta.annotation</groupId>
+             <artifactId>jakarta.annotation-api</artifactId>
+             <version>${jakarta.annotation-api.version}</version>
+       </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/societegenerale/commons/plugin/rules/DontReturnNullCollectionTest.java b/src/main/java/com/societegenerale/commons/plugin/rules/DontReturnNullCollectionTest.java
index d3ae08f..09bc00d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/societegenerale/commons/plugin/rules/DontReturnNullCollectionTest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/societegenerale/commons/plugin/rules/DontReturnNullCollectionTest.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  */
 public class DontReturnNullCollectionTest implements ArchRuleTest {
 
-  protected static final String NO_NULL_COLLECTION_MESSAGE = "we don't want callers to perform null check every time. Return an empty collection, not null. Please annotate the method with "+Nonnull.class.getCanonicalName();
+  protected static final String NO_NULL_COLLECTION_MESSAGE = "we don't want callers to perform null check every time. Return an empty collection, not null. Please annotate the method with "+Nonnull.class.getCanonicalName()+" or "+ jakarta.annotation.Nonnull.class.getCanonicalName();
 
   @Override
   public void execute(String packagePath, ScopePathProvider scopePathProvider, Collection<String> excludedPaths) {
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ public void execute(String packagePath, ScopePathProvider scopePathProvider, Col
 
     ArchRule rule = methods().that(returnCollections).and(areNotLambdas)
         .should().beAnnotatedWith(Nonnull.class)
+        .orShould().beAnnotatedWith(jakarta.annotation.Nonnull.class)
         .because(NO_NULL_COLLECTION_MESSAGE)
         .allowEmptyShould(true);
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/societegenerale/aut/main/ObjectWithProperlyAnnotatedMethodsReturningCollections.java b/src/test/java/com/societegenerale/aut/main/ObjectWithProperlyAnnotatedMethodsReturningCollections.java
index 6d4a47c..6288f68 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/societegenerale/aut/main/ObjectWithProperlyAnnotatedMethodsReturningCollections.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/societegenerale/aut/main/ObjectWithProperlyAnnotatedMethodsReturningCollections.java
@@ -1,22 +1,30 @@
 package com.societegenerale.aut.main;
 
-import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Set;
-
 import static java.util.Collections.emptyList;
 import static java.util.Collections.emptySet;
 
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+
 public class ObjectWithProperlyAnnotatedMethodsReturningCollections {
 
-	@Nonnull
-	public List returningANullList(){
+	@jakarta.annotation.Nonnull
+	public List returningANullListWithJakartaNonnullAnnotation(){
 		return emptyList();
 	}
 
-	@Nonnull
-	public Set returningANullSet(){
+	@jakarta.annotation.Nonnull
+	public Set returningANullSetWithJakartaNonnullAnnotation(){
 		return emptySet();
 	}
 
+	@javax.annotation.Nonnull
+	public List returningANullListWithJavaxNonnullAnnotation(){
+		return emptyList();
+	}
+
+	@javax.annotation.Nonnull
+	public Set returningANullSetWithJavaxNonnullAnnotation(){
+		return emptySet();
+	}
 }