diff --git a/jdk-annotations/java/lang/annotations.xml b/jdk-annotations/java/lang/annotations.xml
index 36f4d0e4f8f..3344c1d3062 100644
--- a/jdk-annotations/java/lang/annotations.xml
+++ b/jdk-annotations/java/lang/annotations.xml
@@ -1785,4 +1785,7 @@
     <item name='java.lang.StringBuffer java.lang.AbstractStringBuilder insert(int, java.lang.CharSequence)'>
         <annotation name='org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull'/>
     </item>
+  <item name='java.lang.Class java.lang.Class&lt;?&gt; forName(java.lang.String)'>
+    <annotation name='org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull'/>
+  </item>
 </root>