diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/AbstractFileTypeAnalyzer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/AbstractFileTypeAnalyzer.java
index 6f23a75b2..26d8d8ab8 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/AbstractFileTypeAnalyzer.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/AbstractFileTypeAnalyzer.java
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractFileTypeAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer implemen
      * @return a Set of strings.
      */
     protected static Set<String> newHashSet(String... strings) {
-        final Set<String> set = new HashSet<String>();
+        final Set<String> set = new HashSet<String>(strings.length);
         Collections.addAll(set, strings);
         return set;
     }
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/test/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/CPEAnalyzerIntegrationTest.java b/dependency-check-core/src/test/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/CPEAnalyzerIntegrationTest.java
index 6e272206e..0384fe407 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/test/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/CPEAnalyzerIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/test/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/CPEAnalyzerIntegrationTest.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package org.owasp.dependencycheck.analyzer;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.CorruptIndexException;
@@ -49,11 +49,9 @@ public class CPEAnalyzerIntegrationTest extends AbstractDatabaseTestCase {
      */
     @Test
     public void testBuildSearch() throws IOException, CorruptIndexException, ParseException {
-        Set<String> productWeightings = new HashSet<String>(1);
-        productWeightings.add("struts2");
+        Set<String> productWeightings = Collections.singleton("struts2");
 
-        Set<String> vendorWeightings = new HashSet<String>(1);
-        vendorWeightings.add("apache");
+        Set<String> vendorWeightings = Collections.singleton("apache");
 
         String vendor = "apache software foundation";
         String product = "struts 2 core";
@@ -238,11 +236,9 @@ public class CPEAnalyzerIntegrationTest extends AbstractDatabaseTestCase {
         CPEAnalyzer instance = new CPEAnalyzer();
         instance.open();
 
-        Set<String> productWeightings = new HashSet<String>(1);
-        productWeightings.add("struts2");
+        Set<String> productWeightings = Collections.singleton("struts2");
 
-        Set<String> vendorWeightings = new HashSet<String>(1);
-        vendorWeightings.add("apache");
+        Set<String> vendorWeightings = Collections.singleton("apache");
 
         List<IndexEntry> result = instance.searchCPE(vendor, product, productWeightings, vendorWeightings);
         instance.close();