diff --git a/.build/parent-pom-template.xml b/.build/parent-pom-template.xml
index 41791f3767..0e6617947f 100644
--- a/.build/parent-pom-template.xml
+++ b/.build/parent-pom-template.xml
@@ -1038,6 +1038,16 @@
         <groupId>com.github.ben-manes.caffeine</groupId>
         <artifactId>caffeine</artifactId>
         <version>3.1.8</version>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.checkerframework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>checker-qual</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>com.google.errorprone</groupId>
+            <artifactId>error_prone_annotations</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.jctools</groupId>
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/streaming/StreamingState.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/streaming/StreamingState.java
index aaeceb2fcf..3855960773 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/streaming/StreamingState.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/streaming/StreamingState.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import javax.annotation.concurrent.GuardedBy;
 
 import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
@@ -40,7 +41,6 @@ import org.apache.cassandra.tools.nodetool.formatter.TableBuilder;
 import org.apache.cassandra.utils.Clock;
 import org.apache.cassandra.utils.ObjectSizes;
 import org.apache.cassandra.utils.TimeUUID;
-import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
 
 import static org.apache.cassandra.utils.TimeUUID.Generator.nextTimeUUID;