diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle
index b0e1fbec8f8..da6a0eefe36 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle
@@ -459,10 +459,7 @@ bom {
 			]
 		}
 	}
-	library("Jakarta Annotation", "2.0.0") {
-		prohibit("[2.1.0-B1,)") {
-			because "it exceeds our Jakarta EE 9 baseline"
-		}
+	library("Jakarta Annotation", "2.1.1") {
 		group("jakarta.annotation") {
 			modules = [
 				"jakarta.annotation-api"