diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index 7cc954a6..6b7fd887 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ dependencies {
 	api project(":proguard-core")
 	implementation 'com.android.tools:r8:3.3.75'
 
-	implementation 'org.jetbrains:annotations:24.0.0'
+	compileOnly 'org.jetbrains:annotations:24.0.0'
 
 	testImplementation(testFixtures(project(":proguard-core")))
 	testFixturesImplementation(testFixtures(project(":proguard-core")))
diff --git a/base/build.gradle b/base/build.gradle
index 6214a79f..d3840d5f 100644
--- a/base/build.gradle
+++ b/base/build.gradle
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ dependencies {
 	api "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-common:${kotlinVersion}"
 	api "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-metadata-jvm:${kotlinVersion}"
 
-	implementation 'org.jetbrains:annotations:24.0.0'
+	compileOnly 'org.jetbrains:annotations:24.0.0'
 
 	testImplementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:${kotlinVersion}"
 	testImplementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-reflect:${kotlinVersion}"