diff --git a/contract/pom.xml b/contract/pom.xml
index 994185c96..663ebf8bc 100644
--- a/contract/pom.xml
+++ b/contract/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
                 <dependency>
                     <groupId>jakarta.annotation</groupId>
                     <artifactId>jakarta.annotation-api</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.1.1</version>
+                    <version>3.0.0</version>
                 </dependency>
                 <dependency>
                     <groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>