diff --git a/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/lucene/LuceneUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/lucene/LuceneUtils.java
index 9e98bfd36..2656bd3de 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/lucene/LuceneUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/data/lucene/LuceneUtils.java
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ public final class LuceneUtils {
      * @param text the data to be escaped
      */
     @SuppressWarnings("fallthrough")
+    @edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.SuppressWarnings(
+    value = "SF_SWITCH_NO_DEFAULT",
+    justification = "The switch below does have a default.")
     public static void appendEscapedLuceneQuery(StringBuilder buf,
             final CharSequence text) {