diff --git a/api/pom.xml b/api/pom.xml
index 5957eeb..9b5d9ba 100644
--- a/api/pom.xml
+++ b/api/pom.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
       <groupId>org.jetbrains</groupId>
       <artifactId>annotations</artifactId>
       <version>17.0.0</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.spigotmc</groupId>