diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5bc086907..4f18e9e27 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -72,8 +72,10 @@
     <dependencies>
 
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.jetbrains</groupId>
+            <!-- note using org.jetbrains jar breaks the build -->
+            <groupId>com.intellij</groupId>
             <artifactId>annotations</artifactId>
+            <version>12.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>