diff --git a/runtime/bundles/org.eclipse.e4.core.di/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/runtime/bundles/org.eclipse.e4.core.di/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index a084435dfde..d078fb13381 100644
--- a/runtime/bundles/org.eclipse.e4.core.di/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/runtime/bundles/org.eclipse.e4.core.di/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Export-Package: org.eclipse.e4.core.di;version="1.7.0",
  org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.osgi;x-internal:=true,
  org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.shared;x-friends:="org.eclipse.e4.core.contexts,org.eclipse.e4.core.di.extensions.supplier"
 Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.e4.core.di.annotations;bundle-version="[1.4.0,2.0.0)";visibility:=reexport
-Import-Package: jakarta.annotation;version="[2,3)",
+Import-Package: jakarta.annotation;version="[2,4)",
  jakarta.inject;version="[2,3)",
  javax.annotation;version="[1.3.0,2.0.0)";resolution:=optional,
  javax.inject;version="[1.0.0,2.0.0)";resolution:=optional,
diff --git a/runtime/bundles/org.eclipse.e4.core.di/src/org/eclipse/e4/core/internal/di/AnnotationLookup.java b/runtime/bundles/org.eclipse.e4.core.di/src/org/eclipse/e4/core/internal/di/AnnotationLookup.java
index d6793c24280..568257b3a9b 100644
--- a/runtime/bundles/org.eclipse.e4.core.di/src/org/eclipse/e4/core/internal/di/AnnotationLookup.java
+++ b/runtime/bundles/org.eclipse.e4.core.di/src/org/eclipse/e4/core/internal/di/AnnotationLookup.java
@@ -42,14 +42,15 @@ public class AnnotationLookup {
 	private AnnotationLookup() {
 	}
 
-	public static record AnnotationProxy(List<Class<? extends Annotation>> classes) {
-		public AnnotationProxy {
-			classes = List.copyOf(classes);
+	static record AnnotationProxy(List<Class<? extends Annotation>> classes, List<String> classNames) {
+
+		public AnnotationProxy(List<Class<? extends Annotation>> classes) {
+			this(List.copyOf(classes), classes.stream().map(Class::getCanonicalName).toList());
 		}
 
 		public boolean isPresent(AnnotatedElement element) {
-			for (Class<? extends Annotation> annotationClass : classes) {
-				if (element.isAnnotationPresent(annotationClass)) {
+			for (Annotation annotation : element.getAnnotations()) {
+				if (classNames.contains(annotation.annotationType().getCanonicalName())) {
 					return true;
 				}
 			}