diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index a4aae3767d3f..c661531e733f 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ plugins {
 	id 'biz.aQute.bnd' version '7.1.0' apply false
 
 	id "com.diffplug.spotless" version "7.0.4"
-	id 'org.checkerframework' version '0.6.55'
+	id 'org.checkerframework' version '0.6.56'
 	id 'org.hibernate.orm.build.jdks'
 
 	id 'io.github.gradle-nexus.publish-plugin' version '2.0.0'
diff --git a/checkerstubs/jboss.logging.astub b/checkerstubs/jboss.logging.astub
index d3bc6a062670..c7a114536fab 100644
--- a/checkerstubs/jboss.logging.astub
+++ b/checkerstubs/jboss.logging.astub
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ public interface BasicLogger {
 
 public interface Logger {
     void tracev(String format, @Nullable Object param1);
+    void tracef(String format, @Nullable Object param1);
 }
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diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/spi/EffectiveEntityGraph.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/spi/EffectiveEntityGraph.java
index 2ece41266eb9..851bdccd9480 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/spi/EffectiveEntityGraph.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/spi/EffectiveEntityGraph.java
@@ -120,20 +120,18 @@ public void applyConfiguredGraph(@Nullable Map<String,?> properties) {
 			loadHint = (RootGraphImplementor<?>) properties.get( GraphSemantic.LOAD.getJakartaHintName() );
 		}
 
-		if ( fetchHint != null || loadHint != null ) {
-			if ( fetchHint != null ) {
-				if ( loadHint != null ) {
-					// can't have both
-					throw new IllegalArgumentException(
-							"Passed properties contained both a LOAD and a FETCH graph which is illegal - " +
-							"only one should be passed"
-					);
-				}
-				applyGraph( fetchHint, GraphSemantic.FETCH );
-			}
-			else {
-				applyGraph( loadHint, GraphSemantic.LOAD );
+		if ( fetchHint != null ) {
+			if ( loadHint != null ) {
+				// can't have both
+				throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+						"Passed properties contained both a LOAD and a FETCH graph which is illegal - " +
+						"only one should be passed"
+				);
 			}
+			applyGraph( fetchHint, GraphSemantic.FETCH );
+		}
+		else if ( loadHint != null ) {
+			applyGraph( loadHint, GraphSemantic.LOAD );
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sqm/sql/FakeSqmToSqlAstConverter.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sqm/sql/FakeSqmToSqlAstConverter.java
index b8be07c7d122..d3bde5082114 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sqm/sql/FakeSqmToSqlAstConverter.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/sqm/sql/FakeSqmToSqlAstConverter.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 import org.hibernate.sql.ast.tree.expression.QueryTransformer;
 import org.hibernate.sql.ast.tree.predicate.Predicate;
 
-import jakarta.annotation.Nullable;
+import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
 
 /**
  *
diff --git a/local-build-plugins/src/main/groovy/local.code-quality.gradle b/local-build-plugins/src/main/groovy/local.code-quality.gradle
index 80a99863d398..8e79bb839212 100644
--- a/local-build-plugins/src/main/groovy/local.code-quality.gradle
+++ b/local-build-plugins/src/main/groovy/local.code-quality.gradle
@@ -105,9 +105,15 @@ spotless {
 
 tasks.compileJava.dependsOn tasks.spotlessJavaApply
 
+dependencies {
+    compileOnly libs.checkerFramework
+    testCompileOnly libs.checkerFramework
+    checkerFramework libs.checkerFrameworkChecker
+}
+
 checkerFramework {
     excludeTests = true
-    skipCheckerFramework = true
+    skipCheckerFramework = !gradle.startParameter.taskNames.contains("ciCheck")
     checkers = [
             'org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.NullnessChecker'
     ]
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 8031e0cfd582..1abc0067f4e8 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ dependencyResolutionManagement {
             // WARNING: When upgrading to a version of bytebuddy that supports a new bytecode version,
             // make sure to remove the now unnecessary net.bytebuddy.experimental=true in relevant CI jobs (Jenkinsfile).
             def byteBuddyVersion = version "byteBuddy", "1.17.6"
+            def checkerFrameworkVersion = version "checkerFramework", "3.49.5"
             def classmateVersion = version "classmate", "1.7.0"
             def geolatteVersion = version "geolatte", "1.10"
             def hibernateModelsVersion = version "hibernateModels", "1.0.1"
@@ -102,6 +103,9 @@ dependencyResolutionManagement {
             library( "byteBuddy", "net.bytebuddy", "byte-buddy" ).versionRef( byteBuddyVersion )
             library( "byteBuddyAgent", "net.bytebuddy", "byte-buddy-agent" ).versionRef( byteBuddyVersion )
 
+            library( "checkerFramework", "org.checkerframework", "checker-qual-android" ).versionRef( checkerFrameworkVersion )
+            library( "checkerFrameworkChecker", "org.checkerframework", "checker" ).versionRef( checkerFrameworkVersion )
+
             library( "logging", "org.jboss.logging", "jboss-logging" ).versionRef( jbossLoggingVersion )
             library( "loggingAnnotations", "org.jboss.logging", "jboss-logging-annotations" ).versionRef( jbossLoggingToolVersion )
             library( "loggingProcessor", "org.jboss.logging", "jboss-logging-processor" ).versionRef( jbossLoggingToolVersion )
diff --git a/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/processor/util/TypeUtils.java b/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/processor/util/TypeUtils.java
index a97a3061bc24..ef4117f5b65d 100644
--- a/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/processor/util/TypeUtils.java
+++ b/tooling/metamodel-generator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/processor/util/TypeUtils.java
@@ -784,12 +784,12 @@ public static boolean isPrimitive(String paramType) {
 	public static final Set<String> PRIMITIVE_TYPES =
 			Set.of("boolean", "char", "long", "int", "short", "byte", "double", "float");
 
-	public static TypeMirror resolveTypeMirror(TypeElement typeElement, Element element, String name) {
+	public static @Nullable TypeMirror resolveTypeMirror(TypeElement typeElement, Element element, String name) {
 		final var mirrorMap = resolveTypeParameters( typeElement.asType(), element, Map.of(), new HashSet<>() );
 		return mirrorMap == null ? null : mirrorMap.get( name );
 	}
 
-	private static Map<String, TypeMirror> resolveTypeParameters(TypeMirror type, Element element, Map<String, TypeMirror> parametersMap, Collection<Element> visited) {
+	private static @Nullable Map<String, TypeMirror> resolveTypeParameters(TypeMirror type, Element element, Map<String, TypeMirror> parametersMap, Collection<Element> visited) {
 		if ( !(type instanceof DeclaredType declaredType
 			&& declaredType.asElement() instanceof TypeElement typeElement) ) {
 			return null;