diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/UnusedVariable.java b/core/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/UnusedVariable.java
index 0e8f41a500e..87fa2016355 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/UnusedVariable.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/google/errorprone/bugpatterns/UnusedVariable.java
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ public final class UnusedVariable extends BugChecker implements CompilationUnitT
    */
   private static final ImmutableSet<String> EXEMPTING_VARIABLE_ANNOTATIONS =
       ImmutableSet.of(
+          "com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty",
           "javax.persistence.Basic",
           "javax.persistence.Column",
           "javax.persistence.Id",