diff --git a/api/src/main/java/jakarta/persistence/ExcludeFromVersioning.java b/api/src/main/java/jakarta/persistence/ExcludeFromVersioning.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1607c632
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+++ b/api/src/main/java/jakarta/persistence/ExcludeFromVersioning.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2008, 2024 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+ * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 which is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0,
+ * or the Eclipse Distribution License v. 1.0 which is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause
+ */
+
+// Contributors:
+//     Gavin King      - 4.0
+
+package jakarta.persistence;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.FIELD;
+import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
+import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
+
+/**
+ * Specifies that mutation of the annotated field or property does
+ * not result in incrementation of the {@linkplain Version version
+ * field or property} of the entity.
+ * <p>
+ * This annotation indicates that the application tolerates lost
+ * updates to the annotated field or property when concurrent
+ * optimistic transactions modify the same entity instance, and
+ * that no {@link OptimisticLockException} should occur in this
+ * scenario.
+ *
+ * @see Version
+ *
+ * @since 4.0
+ */
+@Target({METHOD, FIELD})
+@Retention(RUNTIME)
+public @interface ExcludeFromVersioning {}
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/jakarta/persistence/Version.java b/api/src/main/java/jakarta/persistence/Version.java
index 5fdda757..eb45d780 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/jakarta/persistence/Version.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/jakarta/persistence/Version.java
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
  *
  * @see LockModeType
  * @see PersistenceUnitUtil#getVersion(Object)
+ * @see ExcludeFromVersioning
  *
  * @since 1.0
  */