diff --git a/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.tests/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.tests/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 0bc05b798f5..d45cf11af60 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.tests/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.tests/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ Require-Bundle:
  org.eclipse.debug.ui,
  org.eclipse.jdt.core,
  org.eclipse.jdt.core.manipulation,
- org.eclipse.jdt.annotation;bundle-version="[1.1.0,2.0.0)";resolution:=optional,
  org.eclipse.jdt.annotation;bundle-version="[2.0.0,3.0.0)";resolution:=optional,
  org.eclipse.jdt.junit,
  org.eclipse.jdt.junit.runtime,
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.tests/build.properties b/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.tests/build.properties
index f6d3a132e95..a5b55708cd5 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.tests/build.properties
+++ b/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.tests/build.properties
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ bin.includes = plugin.xml,\
                testresources/,\
                .,\
                META-INF/,\
-               plugin.properties
+               plugin.properties,\
+               lib/org.eclipse.jdt.annotation_1.2.100.v20241001-0914.jar
 source.. =  examples/,\
             chkpii/,\
             test plugin/,\
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.tests/lib/org.eclipse.jdt.annotation_1.2.100.v20241001-0914.jar b/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.tests/lib/org.eclipse.jdt.annotation_1.2.100.v20241001-0914.jar
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5db80bf2399
Binary files /dev/null and b/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.tests/lib/org.eclipse.jdt.annotation_1.2.100.v20241001-0914.jar differ
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/ui/tests/quickfix/NullAnnotationsQuickFixTest.java b/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/ui/tests/quickfix/NullAnnotationsQuickFixTest.java
index 87eaee4d511..8aab8520200 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/ui/tests/quickfix/NullAnnotationsQuickFixTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/ui/tests/quickfix/NullAnnotationsQuickFixTest.java
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
-import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Hashtable;
 
@@ -26,7 +27,6 @@
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
-import org.osgi.framework.Bundle;
 
 import org.eclipse.jdt.testplugin.JavaProjectHelper;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.testplugin.TestOptions;
@@ -111,19 +111,19 @@ public void setUp() throws Exception {
 		fJProject1= projectSetup.getProject();
 
 		if (ANNOTATION_JAR_PATH == null) {
-			String version= "[1.1.0,2.0.0)"; // tests run at 1.5, need the "old" null annotations
-			Bundle[] bundles= Platform.getBundles("org.eclipse.jdt.annotation", version);
-			File bundleFile= FileLocator.getBundleFileLocation(bundles[0]).get();
-			if (bundleFile.isDirectory())
-				ANNOTATION_JAR_PATH= bundleFile.getPath() + "/bin";
-			else
-				ANNOTATION_JAR_PATH= bundleFile.getPath();
+			// these tests us the "old" null annotations
+			ANNOTATION_JAR_PATH= getAnnotationV1LibPath();
 		}
 		JavaProjectHelper.addLibrary(fJProject1, new Path(ANNOTATION_JAR_PATH));
 
 		fSourceFolder= JavaProjectHelper.addSourceContainer(fJProject1, "src");
 	}
 
+	public static String getAnnotationV1LibPath() throws IOException {
+		URL libEntry = Platform.getBundle("org.eclipse.jdt.ui.tests").getEntry("/lib/org.eclipse.jdt.annotation_1.2.100.v20241001-0914.jar");
+		return FileLocator.toFileURL(libEntry).getPath();
+	}
+
 	@After
 	public void tearDown() throws Exception {
 		JavaProjectHelper.clear(fJProject1, projectSetup.getDefaultClasspath());
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/ui/tests/quickfix/NullAnnotationsQuickFixTest1d8Mix.java b/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/ui/tests/quickfix/NullAnnotationsQuickFixTest1d8Mix.java
index 5f9dc021c16..11e8e55ab8e 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/ui/tests/quickfix/NullAnnotationsQuickFixTest1d8Mix.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/jdt/ui/tests/quickfix/NullAnnotationsQuickFixTest1d8Mix.java
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.jdt.ui.tests.quickfix;
 
-import java.io.File;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Hashtable;
 
@@ -21,14 +20,11 @@
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
-import org.osgi.framework.Bundle;
 
 import org.eclipse.jdt.testplugin.JavaProjectHelper;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.testplugin.TestOptions;
 
-import org.eclipse.core.runtime.FileLocator;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Path;
-import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Platform;
 
 import org.eclipse.jface.preference.IPreferenceStore;
 
@@ -94,13 +90,8 @@ public void setUp() throws Exception {
 		fJProject1= projectSetup.getProject();
 
 		if (ANNOTATION_JAR_PATH == null) {
-			String version= "[1.1.0,2.0.0)"; // tests run at 1.8, but still use "old" null annotations
-			Bundle[] bundles= Platform.getBundles("org.eclipse.jdt.annotation", version);
-			File bundleFile= FileLocator.getBundleFileLocation(bundles[0]).get();
-			if (bundleFile.isDirectory())
-				ANNOTATION_JAR_PATH= bundleFile.getPath() + "/bin";
-			else
-				ANNOTATION_JAR_PATH= bundleFile.getPath();
+			// tests run at 1.8, but still use "old" null annotations:
+			ANNOTATION_JAR_PATH= NullAnnotationsQuickFixTest.getAnnotationV1LibPath();
 		}
 		JavaProjectHelper.addLibrary(fJProject1, new Path(ANNOTATION_JAR_PATH));
 
@@ -121,9 +112,9 @@ public void testBug473068_elided() throws Exception {
 		IPackageFragment pack1= fSourceFolder.createPackageFragment("testNullAnnotations", false, null);
 		String str= """
 			package testNullAnnotations;
-			
+
 			import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.NonNull;
-			
+
 			interface Consumer<T> {
 			    void accept(T t);
 			}
@@ -134,7 +125,7 @@ public void select(final double min, final double max) {
 				}
 			\t
 				private void doStuff(int a, int b, final double min, final double max, Consumer<Object> postAction) {
-			
+
 				}
 			    private void updateSelectionData(final @NonNull Object data) {
 			    }
@@ -152,10 +143,10 @@ private void updateSelectionData(final @NonNull Object data) {
 
 		String str1= """
 			package testNullAnnotations;
-			
+
 			import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.NonNull;
 			import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable;
-			
+
 			interface Consumer<T> {
 			    void accept(T t);
 			}
@@ -166,7 +157,7 @@ public void select(final double min, final double max) {
 				}
 			\t
 				private void doStuff(int a, int b, final double min, final double max, Consumer<Object> postAction) {
-			
+
 				}
 			    private void updateSelectionData(final @Nullable Object data) {
 			    }
@@ -179,9 +170,9 @@ private void updateSelectionData(final @Nullable Object data) {
 
 		String str2= """
 			package testNullAnnotations;
-			
+
 			import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.NonNull;
-			
+
 			interface Consumer<T> {
 			    void accept(T t);
 			}
@@ -193,7 +184,7 @@ public void select(final double min, final double max) {
 				}
 			\t
 				private void doStuff(int a, int b, final double min, final double max, Consumer<Object> postAction) {
-			
+
 				}
 			    private void updateSelectionData(final @NonNull Object data) {
 			    }
@@ -212,9 +203,9 @@ public void testBug473068_explicit_type() throws Exception {
 		IPackageFragment pack1= fSourceFolder.createPackageFragment("testNullAnnotations", false, null);
 		String str= """
 			package testNullAnnotations;
-			
+
 			import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.NonNull;
-			
+
 			interface Consumer<T> {
 			    void accept(T t);
 			}
@@ -225,7 +216,7 @@ public void select(final double min, final double max) {
 				}
 			\t
 				private void doStuff(int a, int b, final double min, final double max, Consumer<Object> postAction) {
-			
+
 				}
 			    private void updateSelectionData(final @NonNull Object data) {
 			    }
@@ -243,9 +234,9 @@ private void updateSelectionData(final @NonNull Object data) {
 
 		String str1= """
 			package testNullAnnotations;
-			
+
 			import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.NonNull;
-			
+
 			interface Consumer<T> {
 			    void accept(T t);
 			}
@@ -256,7 +247,7 @@ public void select(final double min, final double max) {
 				}
 			\t
 				private void doStuff(int a, int b, final double min, final double max, Consumer<Object> postAction) {
-			
+
 				}
 			    private void updateSelectionData(final @NonNull Object data) {
 			    }
@@ -269,10 +260,10 @@ private void updateSelectionData(final @NonNull Object data) {
 
 		String str2= """
 			package testNullAnnotations;
-			
+
 			import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.NonNull;
 			import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable;
-			
+
 			interface Consumer<T> {
 			    void accept(T t);
 			}
@@ -283,7 +274,7 @@ public void select(final double min, final double max) {
 				}
 			\t
 				private void doStuff(int a, int b, final double min, final double max, Consumer<Object> postAction) {
-			
+
 				}
 			    private void updateSelectionData(final @Nullable Object data) {
 			    }
@@ -296,9 +287,9 @@ private void updateSelectionData(final @Nullable Object data) {
 
 		String str3= """
 			package testNullAnnotations;
-			
+
 			import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.NonNull;
-			
+
 			interface Consumer<T> {
 			    void accept(T t);
 			}
@@ -310,7 +301,7 @@ public void select(final double min, final double max) {
 				}
 			\t
 				private void doStuff(int a, int b, final double min, final double max, Consumer<Object> postAction) {
-			
+
 				}
 			    private void updateSelectionData(final @NonNull Object data) {
 			    }