diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 65d380f..c1bb09d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jetbrains</groupId>
             <artifactId>annotations</artifactId>
-            <version>19.0.0</version>
+            <version>21.0.1</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <!-- JUnit  for testing -->