diff --git a/ebean-api/pom.xml b/ebean-api/pom.xml
index 172d63ed8..383888f3a 100644
--- a/ebean-api/pom.xml
+++ b/ebean-api/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
       <artifactId>ebean-annotation</artifactId>
-      <version>8.1</version>
+      <version>${ebean-annotation.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/ebean-bom/pom.xml b/ebean-bom/pom.xml
index ddef5790e..f0b1de12d 100644
--- a/ebean-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/ebean-bom/pom.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@
 
       <!-- dependencies external to this ebean.git build -->
 
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+        <artifactId>ebean-annotation</artifactId>
+        <version>${ebean-annotation.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
         <artifactId>ebean-ddl-runner</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e1c1ec937..d279f7dce 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
     <nexus.staging.autoReleaseAfterClose>false</nexus.staging.autoReleaseAfterClose>
     <jackson.version>2.13.2</jackson.version>
     <h2database.version>2.1.212</h2database.version>
+    <ebean-annotation.version>8.2</ebean-annotation.version>
     <ebean-ddl-runner.version>2.2</ebean-ddl-runner.version>
     <ebean-migration-auto.version>1.2</ebean-migration-auto.version>
     <ebean-migration.version>13.6.0</ebean-migration.version>