diff --git a/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/support/annotation/AnnotationClassFilter.java b/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/support/annotation/AnnotationClassFilter.java
index bb7f1967af..9c53d5b80c 100644
--- a/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/support/annotation/AnnotationClassFilter.java
+++ b/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/support/annotation/AnnotationClassFilter.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2017 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2018 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package org.springframework.aop.support.annotation;
 import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
 
 import org.springframework.aop.ClassFilter;
-import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils;
+import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotatedElementUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
 /**
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public class AnnotationClassFilter implements ClassFilter {
 	 * @param annotationType the annotation type to look for
 	 * @param checkInherited whether to also check the superclasses and
 	 * interfaces as well as meta-annotations for the annotation type
-	 * (i.e. whether to use {@link AnnotationUtils#findAnnotation(Class, Class)}
+	 * (i.e. whether to use {@link AnnotatedElementUtils#hasAnnotation}
 	 * semantics instead of standard Java {@link Class#isAnnotationPresent})
 	 */
 	public AnnotationClassFilter(Class<? extends Annotation> annotationType, boolean checkInherited) {
@@ -62,8 +62,7 @@ public class AnnotationClassFilter implements ClassFilter {
 
 	@Override
 	public boolean matches(Class<?> clazz) {
-		return (this.checkInherited ?
-				(AnnotationUtils.findAnnotation(clazz, this.annotationType) != null) :
+		return (this.checkInherited ? AnnotatedElementUtils.hasAnnotation(clazz, this.annotationType) :
 				clazz.isAnnotationPresent(this.annotationType));
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/support/annotation/AnnotationMethodMatcher.java b/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/support/annotation/AnnotationMethodMatcher.java
index 9f529447a3..263f1391aa 100644
--- a/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/support/annotation/AnnotationMethodMatcher.java
+++ b/spring-aop/src/main/java/org/springframework/aop/support/annotation/AnnotationMethodMatcher.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Proxy;
 
 import org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils;
 import org.springframework.aop.support.StaticMethodMatcher;
-import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils;
+import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotatedElementUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
 /**
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public class AnnotationMethodMatcher extends StaticMethodMatcher {
 	 * @param annotationType the annotation type to look for
 	 * @param checkInherited whether to also check the superclasses and
 	 * interfaces as well as meta-annotations for the annotation type
-	 * (i.e. whether to use {@link AnnotationUtils#findAnnotation(Method, Class)}
+	 * (i.e. whether to use {@link AnnotatedElementUtils#hasAnnotation}
 	 * semantics instead of standard Java {@link Method#isAnnotationPresent})
 	 * @since 5.0
 	 */
@@ -81,8 +81,7 @@ public class AnnotationMethodMatcher extends StaticMethodMatcher {
 	}
 
 	private boolean matchesMethod(Method method) {
-		return (this.checkInherited ?
-				(AnnotationUtils.findAnnotation(method, this.annotationType) != null) :
+		return (this.checkInherited ? AnnotatedElementUtils.hasAnnotation(method, this.annotationType) :
 				method.isAnnotationPresent(this.annotationType));
 	}