diff --git a/com.ibm.jbatch.container/pom.xml b/com.ibm.jbatch.container/pom.xml
index 04d83a0f..e4656a4a 100644
--- a/com.ibm.jbatch.container/pom.xml
+++ b/com.ibm.jbatch.container/pom.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@
             <artifactId>jakarta.activation-api</artifactId>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>jakarta.annotation</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.annotation-api</artifactId>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>jakarta.xml.bind</groupId>
             <artifactId>jakarta.xml.bind-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/com.ibm.jbatch.container/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/jakarta.enterprise.inject.spi.Extension b/com.ibm.jbatch.container/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/jakarta.enterprise.inject.spi.Extension
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..cf43ca16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/com.ibm.jbatch.container/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/jakarta.enterprise.inject.spi.Extension
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+com.ibm.jbatch.container.cdi.BatchCDIInjectionExtension
diff --git a/com.ibm.jbatch.container/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/javax.enterprise.inject.spi.Extension b/com.ibm.jbatch.container/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/javax.enterprise.inject.spi.Extension
deleted file mode 100755
index 08d706b8..00000000
--- a/com.ibm.jbatch.container/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/javax.enterprise.inject.spi.Extension
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-com.ibm.jbatch.container.cdi.BatchCDIInjectionExtension
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7547b618..5625a1d1 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@
 
         <!-- Dependencies -->
         <version.jakarta.activation.jakarta.activation-api>2.0.0-RC3</version.jakarta.activation.jakarta.activation-api>
+        <version.jakarta.annotation.jakarta.annotation-api>2.0.0-RC1</version.jakarta.annotation.jakarta.annotation-api>
         <version.jakarta.enterprise.jakarta.enterprise.cdi-api>3.0.0-M1</version.jakarta.enterprise.jakarta.enterprise.cdi-api>
         <version.jakarta.inject.jakarta.inject-api>2.0.0.RC1</version.jakarta.inject.jakarta.inject-api>
         <version.jakarta.transaction.jakarta.transaction-api>2.0.0-RC1</version.jakarta.transaction.jakarta.transaction-api>
@@ -175,6 +176,11 @@
                 <version>${batch.impl.version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
+                <groupId>jakarta.annotation</groupId>
+                <artifactId>jakarta.annotation-api</artifactId>
+                <version>${version.jakarta.annotation.jakarta.annotation-api}</version>
+            </dependency>
+           <dependency>
                 <groupId>jakarta.enterprise</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jakarta.enterprise.cdi-api</artifactId>
                 <version>${version.jakarta.enterprise.jakarta.enterprise.cdi-api}</version>
@@ -233,7 +239,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.jboss.weld.se</groupId>
                 <artifactId>weld-se-core</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.4.Final</version>
+                <version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.testng</groupId>