diff --git a/arc/deployment/pom.xml b/arc/deployment/pom.xml
index 3494589ae..15aed592f 100644
--- a/arc/deployment/pom.xml
+++ b/arc/deployment/pom.xml
@@ -24,12 +24,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jboss.protean.arc</groupId>
       <artifactId>arc-processor</artifactId>
-      <exclusions>
-          <exclusion>
-            <groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
-            <artifactId>javax.annotation-api</artifactId>
-          </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/core/runtime/pom.xml b/core/runtime/pom.xml
index 8c7134ccd..ad9631e10 100644
--- a/core/runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/core/runtime/pom.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
             <groupId>javax.inject</groupId>
             <artifactId>javax.inject</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
+          <artifactId>javax.annotation-api</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.smallrye</groupId>
             <artifactId>smallrye-config</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 210bc81de..6b53b8977 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
         <smallrye-open-api.version>1.0.2</smallrye-open-api.version>
         <smallrye-fault-tolerance.version>1.0.2</smallrye-fault-tolerance.version>
         <javax.inject.version>1</javax.inject.version>
+        <javax.annotation-api.version>1.3</javax.annotation-api.version>
         <jboss-classfilewriter.version>1.2.1.Final</jboss-classfilewriter.version>
         <jboss-invocation.version>1.5.1.Final</jboss-invocation.version>
         <javax.json.version>1.1.2</javax.json.version>
@@ -414,6 +415,11 @@
                 <artifactId>javax.inject</artifactId>
                 <version>${javax.inject.version}</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
+                <artifactId>javax.annotation-api</artifactId>
+                <version>${javax.annotation-api.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>javax.persistence</groupId>
                 <artifactId>javax.persistence-api</artifactId>