diff --git a/firebase-common/firebase-common.gradle.kts b/firebase-common/firebase-common.gradle.kts
index 10519eecbba..a2ed7072bc7 100644
--- a/firebase-common/firebase-common.gradle.kts
+++ b/firebase-common/firebase-common.gradle.kts
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ dependencies {
     api(libs.kotlin.coroutines.tasks)
 
     api(project(":firebase-components"))
-    api(project(":firebase-annotations"))
+    api("com.google.firebase:firebase-annotations:16.2.0")
     implementation(libs.androidx.annotation)
     implementation(libs.androidx.futures)
     implementation(libs.kotlin.stdlib)
diff --git a/firebase-common/ktx/ktx.gradle.kts b/firebase-common/ktx/ktx.gradle.kts
index e03a414963e..f4efb9b5e24 100644
--- a/firebase-common/ktx/ktx.gradle.kts
+++ b/firebase-common/ktx/ktx.gradle.kts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ android {
 dependencies {
     api(project(":firebase-common"))
     implementation(project(":firebase-components"))
-    implementation(project(":firebase-annotations"))
+    implementation("com.google.firebase:firebase-annotations:16.2.0")
     testImplementation(libs.androidx.test.core)
     testImplementation(libs.junit)
     testImplementation(libs.kotlin.coroutines.test)
diff --git a/firebase-components/firebase-components.gradle.kts b/firebase-components/firebase-components.gradle.kts
index 315eebb77ee..26563065d32 100644
--- a/firebase-components/firebase-components.gradle.kts
+++ b/firebase-components/firebase-components.gradle.kts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ android {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-  api(project(":firebase-annotations"))
+  api("com.google.firebase:firebase-annotations:16.2.0")
   implementation(libs.androidx.annotation)
   implementation(libs.errorprone.annotations)
 
diff --git a/release.json b/release.json
index b572aa834f9..314957d6c78 100644
--- a/release.json
+++ b/release.json
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
     "libraries": [
         ":firebase-common",
         ":firebase-common:ktx",
-        ":firebase-components",
-        ":firebase-annotations"
+        ":firebase-components"
     ]
 }
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