diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml b/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml
index 6bff001cfa7..0b26d8aa1ba 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner/pom.xml
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
           <configuration>
-            <ignoredDependencies>io.grpc:grpc-protobuf-lite,org.hamcrest:hamcrest,org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core,com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations,org.openjdk.jmh:jmh-generator-annprocess,com.google.api.grpc:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1,com.google.api.grpc:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1,com.google.api.grpc:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1</ignoredDependencies>
+            <ignoredDependencies>io.grpc:grpc-protobuf-lite,org.hamcrest:hamcrest,org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core,com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations,org.openjdk.jmh:jmh-generator-annprocess,com.google.api.grpc:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1,com.google.api.grpc:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1,com.google.api.grpc:grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1,javax.annotation:javax.annotation-api</ignoredDependencies>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
       </plugins>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1/pom.xml
index 6d197be081e..cb944b9774d 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-database-v1/pom.xml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
           <configuration>
-            <ignoredDependencies>com.google.auto.value:auto-value-annotations</ignoredDependencies>
+            <ignoredDependencies>com.google.auto.value:auto-value-annotations,javax.annotation:javax.annotation-api</ignoredDependencies>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
       </plugins>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1/pom.xml
index 60b6118f531..e2d27cbc721 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-admin-instance-v1/pom.xml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
           <configuration>
-            <ignoredDependencies>com.google.auto.value:auto-value-annotations</ignoredDependencies>
+            <ignoredDependencies>com.google.auto.value:auto-value-annotations,javax.annotation:javax.annotation-api</ignoredDependencies>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
       </plugins>
diff --git a/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1/pom.xml b/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1/pom.xml
index 124d4db6cfc..b778e5943b4 100644
--- a/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/grpc-google-cloud-spanner-v1/pom.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
           <configuration>
-            <ignoredDependencies>com.google.auto.value:auto-value-annotations</ignoredDependencies>
+            <ignoredDependencies>com.google.auto.value:auto-value-annotations,javax.annotation:javax.annotation-api</ignoredDependencies>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
       </plugins>