diff --git a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
index 3d8f09809d9..b6853d39955 100644
--- a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@
 		<jackson.version>2.9.1</jackson.version>
 		<janino.version>3.0.7</janino.version>
 		<javassist.version>3.21.0-GA</javassist.version> <!-- Same as Hibernate -->
+		<javax-annotation.version>1.3</javax-annotation.version>
 		<javax-cache.version>1.0.0</javax-cache.version>
 		<javax-jms.version>2.0.1</javax-jms.version>
 		<javax-mail.version>1.6.0</javax-mail.version>
@@ -874,6 +875,11 @@
 				<artifactId>undertow-websockets-jsr</artifactId>
 				<version>${undertow.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
+				<artifactId>javax.annotation-api</artifactId>
+				<version>${javax-annotation.version}</version>
+			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>javax.cache</groupId>
 				<artifactId>cache-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter/pom.xml b/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter/pom.xml
index 9e52892801d..2d9c595886b 100644
--- a/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter/pom.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-logging</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
+			<artifactId>javax.annotation-api</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>