diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/com/google/firebase/gradle/plugins/PomValidator.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/java/com/google/firebase/gradle/plugins/PomValidator.kt
index 93546cf00a2..faab2600b0f 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/com/google/firebase/gradle/plugins/PomValidator.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/com/google/firebase/gradle/plugins/PomValidator.kt
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ abstract class PomValidator : DefaultTask() {
       listOf(
         "javax.inject", // javax.inject doesn't respect SemVer and doesn't update
         "dagger", // dagger doesn't respect Semver
+        "auto-service-annotations", // auto-service-annotations doesn't respect SemVer
       )
   }
 }