diff --git a/gradle/dependency-management.gradle b/gradle/dependency-management.gradle
index 2602dda..2da6a70 100644
--- a/gradle/dependency-management.gradle
+++ b/gradle/dependency-management.gradle
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
+// Define version dependency properties
+ext['jakartaAnnotationApiVersion'] = '2.0.0'
+
 dependencyManagement {
 	imports {
 		mavenBom "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-dependencies:$springBootVersion"
 	}
 	dependencies {
+		dependency "jakarta.annotation:jakarta.annotation-api:$jakartaAnnotationApiVersion"
 		dependency "antlr:antlr:$antlrVersion"
 		dependency "edu.umd.cs.mtc:multithreadedtc:$multithreadedtcVersion"
 		dependency "junit:junit:$junitVersion"
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 38a761d..54bd1d8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
 		<source.level>${java.version}</source.level>
 		<apache-geode.version>1.14.0</apache-geode.version>
 		<assertj.version>3.21.0</assertj.version>
+		<jakarta-annotation-api.version>2.0.0</jakarta-annotation-api.version>
 		<junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
 		<log4j.version>2.12.1</log4j.version>
 		<logback.version>1.2.3</logback.version>
@@ -107,6 +108,12 @@
 
 	<dependencyManagement>
 		<dependencies>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>jakarta.annotation</groupId>
+				<artifactId>jakarta.annotation-api</artifactId>
+				<version>${jakarta-annotation-api.version}</version>
+				<scope>test</scope>
+			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
 				<artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>