diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/core/schema/Node.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/core/schema/Node.java
index f731061e6f..92dce962af 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/core/schema/Node.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/core/schema/Node.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 import org.apiguardian.api.API;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.AliasFor;
+import org.springframework.data.annotation.Persistent;
 
 /**
  * The annotation to configure the mapping from a node with a given set of labels to a class and vice versa.
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@
 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
 @Target(ElementType.TYPE)
 @Documented
-@org.springframework.data.annotation.Persistent
+@Persistent
 @API(status = API.Status.STABLE, since = "6.0")
 public @interface Node {
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/repository/config/Neo4jRepositoryConfigurationExtension.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/repository/config/Neo4jRepositoryConfigurationExtension.java
index 9380f125a7..1819470a0e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/repository/config/Neo4jRepositoryConfigurationExtension.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/repository/config/Neo4jRepositoryConfigurationExtension.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionRegistry;
-import org.springframework.data.annotation.Persistent;
 import org.springframework.data.neo4j.core.schema.Node;
 import org.springframework.data.neo4j.core.schema.RelationshipProperties;
 import org.springframework.data.neo4j.repository.Neo4jRepository;
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ public Neo4jRepositoryConfigurationExtension() {
 
 	/*
 	 * (non-Javadoc)
-	 * @see org.springframework.data.repository.config14.RepositoryConfigurationExtension#getRepositoryFactoryBeanClassName()
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.repository.config.RepositoryConfigurationExtension#getRepositoryFactoryBeanClassName()
 	 */
 	@Override
 	public String getRepositoryFactoryBeanClassName() {
@@ -80,7 +79,7 @@ public String getRepositoryFactoryBeanClassName() {
 
 	/*
 	 * (non-Javadoc)
-	 * @see org.springframework.data.repository.config14.RepositoryConfigurationExtensionSupport#getModulePrefix()
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.repository.config.RepositoryConfigurationExtensionSupport#getModulePrefix()
 	 */
 	@Override
 	protected String getModulePrefix() {
@@ -89,7 +88,7 @@ protected String getModulePrefix() {
 
 	@Override
 	protected Collection<Class<? extends Annotation>> getIdentifyingAnnotations() {
-		return Arrays.asList(Node.class, RelationshipProperties.class, Persistent.class);
+		return Arrays.asList(Node.class, RelationshipProperties.class);
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/repository/config/ReactiveNeo4jRepositoryConfigurationExtension.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/repository/config/ReactiveNeo4jRepositoryConfigurationExtension.java
index 0970d64a29..7ecb4ff43e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/repository/config/ReactiveNeo4jRepositoryConfigurationExtension.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/neo4j/repository/config/ReactiveNeo4jRepositoryConfigurationExtension.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionRegistry;
-import org.springframework.data.annotation.Persistent;
 import org.springframework.data.neo4j.core.schema.Node;
 import org.springframework.data.neo4j.core.schema.RelationshipProperties;
 import org.springframework.data.neo4j.repository.ReactiveNeo4jRepository;
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ public ReactiveNeo4jRepositoryConfigurationExtension() {
 
 	/*
 	 * (non-Javadoc)
-	 * @see org.springframework.data.repository.config14.RepositoryConfigurationExtension#getRepositoryFactoryBeanClassName()
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.repository.config.RepositoryConfigurationExtension#getRepositoryFactoryBeanClassName()
 	 */
 	@Override
 	public String getRepositoryFactoryBeanClassName() {
@@ -80,7 +79,7 @@ public String getRepositoryFactoryBeanClassName() {
 
 	/*
 	 * (non-Javadoc)
-	 * @see org.springframework.data.repository.config14.RepositoryConfigurationExtensionSupport#getModulePrefix()
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.repository.config.RepositoryConfigurationExtensionSupport#getModulePrefix()
 	 */
 	@Override
 	protected String getModulePrefix() {
@@ -89,7 +88,7 @@ protected String getModulePrefix() {
 
 	@Override
 	protected Collection<Class<? extends Annotation>> getIdentifyingAnnotations() {
-		return Arrays.asList(Node.class, RelationshipProperties.class, Persistent.class);
+		return Arrays.asList(Node.class, RelationshipProperties.class);
 	}
 
 	@Override