diff --git a/vavr-benchmark/pom.xml b/vavr-benchmark/pom.xml
index f35c266b1..f853f358c 100644
--- a/vavr-benchmark/pom.xml
+++ b/vavr-benchmark/pom.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jetbrains</groupId>
             <artifactId>annotations</artifactId>
-            <version>15.0</version>
+            <version>25.0.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>