diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index f4c2b4d..dfaaf76 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
     omit_javax_annotation = False,
     omit_junit_junit = True,
     omit_org_apache_commons_lang3 = True,
+    omit_org_codehaus_mojo_animal_sniffer_annotations = True,
 )
 
 load("//tools/build/bazel:p4lang_workspace.bzl", "generate_p4lang")