diff --git a/config/checkstyle/import-control.xml b/config/checkstyle/import-control.xml
index df8f1073bdf..770737c57f5 100644
--- a/config/checkstyle/import-control.xml
+++ b/config/checkstyle/import-control.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 <import-control pkg="org.springframework.boot">
 	<allow pkg="io.micrometer.observation" />
 	<disallow pkg="io.micrometer" />
+	<allow class="org.springframework.lang.Contract" />
 	<disallow pkg="org.springframework.lang" />
 	<allow pkg=".*" regex="true" />