diff --git a/pmd-java/src/main/resources/category/java/design.xml b/pmd-java/src/main/resources/category/java/design.xml
index a71858bc12..f30c972c5a 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/main/resources/category/java/design.xml
+++ b/pmd-java/src/main/resources/category/java/design.xml
@@ -733,10 +733,10 @@ in each object at runtime.
     [not(pmd-java:modifiers() = 'static')]
     [not(./ancestor::ClassDeclaration[1][pmd-java:hasAnnotation('lombok.experimental.UtilityClass')])]
     [not(.//Annotation[pmd-java:typeIs('lombok.Builder.Default')])]
-    /VariableDeclarator[*[pmd-java:nodeIs('Literal')]
-         or VariableAccess[@Name = //FieldDeclaration[pmd-java:modifiers() = 'static']/VariableDeclarator/VariableId/@Name]
-         or FieldAccess
-         or ArrayAllocation/ArrayType/ArrayDimensions/ArrayDimExpr/NumericLiteral[@IntLiteral = true()][@Image = "0"]]
+    /VariableDeclarator[*[last()][@CompileTimeConstant = true()
+         or self::VariableAccess[@Name = //FieldDeclaration[pmd-java:modifiers() = 'static']/VariableDeclarator/VariableId/@Name]
+         or self::FieldAccess
+         or self::ArrayAllocation/ArrayType/ArrayDimensions/ArrayDimExpr/NumericLiteral[@IntLiteral = true()][@Image = "0"]]]
     /VariableId
         [not(@Name = //MethodDeclaration[not(pmd-java:modifiers() = 'static')]
             //SynchronizedStatement/(VariableAccess|FieldAccess[ThisExpression])/@Name)]