diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a73fcdf0d9..88c75dc7de 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1053,6 +1053,11 @@
 					<artifactId>bcpkix-jdk15on</artifactId>
 					<version>${bcpkix.version}</version>
 				</dependency>
+				<dependency>
+				    <groupId>org.checkerframework</groupId>
+				    <artifactId>checker-qual</artifactId>
+				    <version>${checker-qual.version}</version>
+                </dependency>
 				<dependency>
 					<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
 					<artifactId>animal-sniffer-annotations</artifactId>