diff --git a/modules/simple-java-mail/pom.xml b/modules/simple-java-mail/pom.xml
index 3bb3c477..718583e5 100644
--- a/modules/simple-java-mail/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/simple-java-mail/pom.xml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>jakarta.annotation</groupId>
             <artifactId>jakarta.annotation-api</artifactId>
-            <version>1.3.5</version>
+            <version>3.0.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>