diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index baf9cb325..f89bf778a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.j2objc</groupId>
         <artifactId>j2objc-annotations</artifactId>
-        <version>1.3</version>
+        <version>2.8</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.opencensus</groupId>