diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9bf0a09d6..aa97bc31a 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -39,9 +39,21 @@
     </dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.intellij</groupId>
+            <artifactId>annotations</artifactId>
+            <version>12.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.openhft</groupId>
             <artifactId>chronicle-core</artifactId>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.jetbrains</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>annotations</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>