diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck-base-suppression.xml b/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck-base-suppression.xml
index 54b0f49f1..55231e8e8 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck-base-suppression.xml
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck-base-suppression.xml
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@
         <gav regex="true">^(?!com.thoughtworks).*xstream.*$</gav>
         <cpe>cpe:/a:x-stream:xstream</cpe>
     </suppress>
-    <suppress>
+    <suppress base="true">
         <notes><![CDATA[
         false positive per issue #582
         ]]></notes>