diff --git a/tools/checkstyle/default-treewalker-checks.xml b/tools/checkstyle/default-treewalker-checks.xml
index 283e770b0..6e9e31b5c 100644
--- a/tools/checkstyle/default-treewalker-checks.xml
+++ b/tools/checkstyle/default-treewalker-checks.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 -->
 <module name="AvoidStarImport">
   <property name="severity" value="error"/>
-  <property name="excludes" value="org.junit.Assert,org.mockito.Mockito,org.hamcrest.Matchers"/>
+  <property name="excludes" value="org.junit.Assert,org.mockito.Mockito,org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations,org.hamcrest.Matchers"/>
 </module>
 <module name="IllegalCatch">
   <property name="severity" value="info"/>