diff --git a/core/build.gradle b/core/build.gradle
index c9dd720e2a3..4072c25db37 100644
--- a/core/build.gradle
+++ b/core/build.gradle
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ dependencies {
     api 'junit:junit:4.13.2'
     api 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.0'
     compileOnly 'org.jetbrains:annotations:23.0.0'
-    testCompileClasspath 'org.jetbrains:annotations:23.0.0'
+    testCompileOnly 'org.jetbrains:annotations:23.0.0'
     api 'org.apache.commons:commons-compress:1.21'
     api ('org.rnorth.duct-tape:duct-tape:1.0.8') {
         exclude(group: 'org.jetbrains', module: 'annotations')
diff --git a/modules/selenium/build.gradle b/modules/selenium/build.gradle
index 38fab63dc0a..3e5a80a2dfa 100644
--- a/modules/selenium/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/selenium/build.gradle
@@ -13,5 +13,4 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation 'org.assertj:assertj-core:3.23.1'
 
     compileOnly 'org.jetbrains:annotations:23.0.0'
-    testCompileClasspath 'org.jetbrains:annotations:23.0.0'
 }
diff --git a/modules/selenium/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/junit/BaseWebDriverContainerTest.java b/modules/selenium/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/junit/BaseWebDriverContainerTest.java
index c49e24ba867..0ce20ca9800 100644
--- a/modules/selenium/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/junit/BaseWebDriverContainerTest.java
+++ b/modules/selenium/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/junit/BaseWebDriverContainerTest.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package org.testcontainers.junit;
 
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.junit.ClassRule;
 import org.openqa.selenium.By;
 import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
@@ -51,7 +50,6 @@ protected void assertBrowserNameIs(BrowserWebDriverContainer<?> rule, String exp
         assertThat(actual).as(String.format("actual browser name is %s", actual)).isEqualTo(expectedName);
     }
 
-    @NotNull
     private static RemoteWebDriver setupDriverFromRule(BrowserWebDriverContainer<?> rule) {
         RemoteWebDriver driver = rule.getWebDriver();
         driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
diff --git a/modules/spock/build.gradle b/modules/spock/build.gradle
index a437ff5b502..a13a7049e13 100644
--- a/modules/spock/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/spock/build.gradle
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ dependencies {
     testRuntimeOnly 'org.postgresql:postgresql:42.5.0'
     testRuntimeOnly 'mysql:mysql-connector-java:8.0.30'
 
-    testCompileClasspath 'org.jetbrains:annotations:23.0.0'
+    testCompileOnly 'org.jetbrains:annotations:23.0.0'
 }
 
 sourceJar {