diff --git a/package/verification-template/build.gradle b/package/verification-template/build.gradle
index 5f71ac6b6..860fdfa67 100644
--- a/package/verification-template/build.gradle
+++ b/package/verification-template/build.gradle
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ configurations {
 dependencies {
 	core group: "net.runelite", name:"client", version: file("../../runelite.version").text.trim()
 	core "org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.20"
+	core "org.jetbrains:annotations:23.0.0"
 
 	thirdParty("org.zeromq:jnacl:0.1.0") {
 		because "keepass-xc"
diff --git a/package/verification-template/gradle/verification-metadata.xml b/package/verification-template/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
index f4f7a6367..31fa9322f 100644
--- a/package/verification-template/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
+++ b/package/verification-template/gradle/verification-metadata.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<verification-metadata xmlns="https://schema.gradle.org/dependency-verification" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="https://schema.gradle.org/dependency-verification https://schema.gradle.org/dependency-verification/dependency-verification-1.0.xsd">
+<verification-metadata xmlns="https://schema.gradle.org/dependency-verification" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="https://schema.gradle.org/dependency-verification https://schema.gradle.org/dependency-verification/dependency-verification-1.1.xsd">
    <configuration>
       <verify-metadata>true</verify-metadata>
       <verify-signatures>false</verify-signatures>
@@ -727,6 +727,14 @@
             <sha256 value="28e05084bea98ab750cb007d56c7d242303c2f6dc67063a4fe3579c76e7c1a96" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
          </artifact>
       </component>
+      <component group="org.jetbrains" name="annotations" version="23.0.0">
+         <artifact name="annotations-23.0.0.jar">
+            <sha256 value="7b0f19724082cbfcbc66e5abea2b9bc92cf08a1ea11e191933ed43801eb3cd05" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
+         </artifact>
+         <artifact name="annotations-23.0.0.pom">
+            <sha256 value="c9490f655132328df2cfbcfdf743f53fc3916d6c1d10437175a6ca6e3a67771c" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>
+         </artifact>
+      </component>
       <component group="org.json" name="json" version="20090211">
          <artifact name="json-20090211.jar">
             <sha256 value="055be110a570f9cda3eba8d70a006ff46c77a048bc67868524879211c48b330a" origin="Generated by Gradle"/>