diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fb23e9f78e7..4c6e5fa5730 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 * Fix #5580: [java-generator] Correctly handle defaults for IntOrString types
 
 #### Improvements
+* Fix #5429: moved crd generator annotations to generator-annotations instead of crd-generator-api. Using generator-annotations introduces no transitive dependencies.
 * Fix #5535: Add lombok and sundrio dependencies to the generated bom
 
 #### Dependency Upgrade
diff --git a/crd-generator/api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/crd/generator/annotation/Annotations.java b/generator-annotations/src/main/java/io/fabric8/crd/generator/annotation/Annotations.java
similarity index 100%
rename from crd-generator/api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/crd/generator/annotation/Annotations.java
rename to generator-annotations/src/main/java/io/fabric8/crd/generator/annotation/Annotations.java
diff --git a/crd-generator/api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/crd/generator/annotation/Labels.java b/generator-annotations/src/main/java/io/fabric8/crd/generator/annotation/Labels.java
similarity index 100%
rename from crd-generator/api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/crd/generator/annotation/Labels.java
rename to generator-annotations/src/main/java/io/fabric8/crd/generator/annotation/Labels.java
diff --git a/crd-generator/api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/crd/generator/annotation/PreserveUnknownFields.java b/generator-annotations/src/main/java/io/fabric8/crd/generator/annotation/PreserveUnknownFields.java
similarity index 100%
rename from crd-generator/api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/crd/generator/annotation/PreserveUnknownFields.java
rename to generator-annotations/src/main/java/io/fabric8/crd/generator/annotation/PreserveUnknownFields.java
diff --git a/crd-generator/api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/crd/generator/annotation/PrinterColumn.java b/generator-annotations/src/main/java/io/fabric8/crd/generator/annotation/PrinterColumn.java
similarity index 100%
rename from crd-generator/api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/crd/generator/annotation/PrinterColumn.java
rename to generator-annotations/src/main/java/io/fabric8/crd/generator/annotation/PrinterColumn.java
diff --git a/crd-generator/api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/crd/generator/annotation/SchemaFrom.java b/generator-annotations/src/main/java/io/fabric8/crd/generator/annotation/SchemaFrom.java
similarity index 100%
rename from crd-generator/api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/crd/generator/annotation/SchemaFrom.java
rename to generator-annotations/src/main/java/io/fabric8/crd/generator/annotation/SchemaFrom.java
diff --git a/crd-generator/api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/crd/generator/annotation/SchemaSwap.java b/generator-annotations/src/main/java/io/fabric8/crd/generator/annotation/SchemaSwap.java
similarity index 100%
rename from crd-generator/api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/crd/generator/annotation/SchemaSwap.java
rename to generator-annotations/src/main/java/io/fabric8/crd/generator/annotation/SchemaSwap.java
diff --git a/crd-generator/api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/crd/generator/annotation/SchemaSwaps.java b/generator-annotations/src/main/java/io/fabric8/crd/generator/annotation/SchemaSwaps.java
similarity index 100%
rename from crd-generator/api/src/main/java/io/fabric8/crd/generator/annotation/SchemaSwaps.java
rename to generator-annotations/src/main/java/io/fabric8/crd/generator/annotation/SchemaSwaps.java