diff --git a/src/main/resources/META-INF/rewrite/spring-framework-51.yml b/src/main/resources/META-INF/rewrite/spring-framework-51.yml
index 4ce5a5da..9920ffe3 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/META-INF/rewrite/spring-framework-51.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/META-INF/rewrite/spring-framework-51.yml
@@ -32,3 +32,7 @@ recipeList:
       artifactId: "*"
       newVersion: 5.1.x
       overrideManagedVersion: false
+  - org.openrewrite.java.ChangeType:
+      oldFullyQualifiedTypeName: org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Required
+      newFullyQualifiedTypeName: org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired
+      ignoreDefinition: true