diff --git a/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/Beta.java b/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/Beta.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/Beta.java
+++ b/java/client/src/org/openqa/selenium/Beta.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
  * IDE. We don't live in the ideal world. We'll find out the hard way whether
  * reading docs is the same thing.
  */
-@Retention(RetentionPolicy.CLASS)
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
 @Target({
     ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE,
     ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR,
AjayKemparaj: Changing the RetentionPolicy so the build is not brohen, dawagner please take alook at this

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