diff --git a/carapace-server/pom.xml b/carapace-server/pom.xml
index 1aaa459ae..2586e40a2 100644
--- a/carapace-server/pom.xml
+++ b/carapace-server/pom.xml
@@ -251,6 +251,13 @@
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.jspecify</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jspecify</artifactId>
+            <!-- https://jspecify.dev/docs/using/#depending-on-the-annotations -->
+            <!-- JSpecify recommends to include the annotations at runtime and not to scope as provided or optional -->
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
             <artifactId>carapace-ui</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 05cc7cb89..58fa1446a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@
         <libs.jersey>2.35</libs.jersey>
         <libs.jackson>2.14.3</libs.jackson>
         <libs.javassist>3.27.0-GA</libs.javassist>
+        <libs.jspecify>1.0.0</libs.jspecify>
         <libs.slf4j>1.7.35</libs.slf4j>
         <libs.guava>33.3.1-jre</libs.guava>
         <libs.lombok>1.18.32</libs.lombok>
@@ -204,6 +205,11 @@
                 <type>pom</type>
             </dependency>
             <!-- Individual dependencies -->
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.jspecify</groupId>
+                <artifactId>jspecify</artifactId>
+                <version>${libs.jspecify}</version>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
                 <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>