diff --git a/pmd/etc/changelog.txt b/pmd/etc/changelog.txt
index 012983693a..b9b929ab96 100644
--- a/pmd/etc/changelog.txt
+++ b/pmd/etc/changelog.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ????? ??, 2013 - 5.0.3:
 
 Fixed bug  968: Issues with JUnit4 @Test annotation with expected exception (Thanks to Yiannis Paschalidis)
+Fixed bug  975: false positive in ClassCastExceptionWithToArray
 Fixed bug  976: UselessStringValueOf wrong when appending character arrays
 Fixed bug  977: MisplacedNullCheck makes false positives
 Fixed bug  984: Cyclomatic complexity should treat constructors like methods
diff --git a/pmd/src/main/resources/rulesets/java/basic.xml b/pmd/src/main/resources/rulesets/java/basic.xml
index d22ecfcf88..9a23eae381 100644
--- a/pmd/src/main/resources/rulesets/java/basic.xml
+++ b/pmd/src/main/resources/rulesets/java/basic.xml
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ in a ClassCastException.
     <value>
 <![CDATA[
 //CastExpression[Type/ReferenceType/ClassOrInterfaceType[@Image !=
-"Object"]]//PrimaryExpression
+"Object"]]/PrimaryExpression
 [
  PrimaryPrefix/Name[ends-with(@Image, '.toArray')]
  and
diff --git a/pmd/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/basic/xml/ClassCastExceptionWithToArray.xml b/pmd/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/basic/xml/ClassCastExceptionWithToArray.xml
index 1430c1c0b8..f388761dd5 100644
--- a/pmd/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/basic/xml/ClassCastExceptionWithToArray.xml
+++ b/pmd/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/basic/xml/ClassCastExceptionWithToArray.xml
@@ -46,4 +46,22 @@ public class Foo {
 }
      ]]></code>
     </test-code>
+
+    <test-code>
+        <description>#975 false positive in ClassCastExceptionWithToArray</description>
+        <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+import org.apache.commons.dbutils.*;
+import org.apache.commons.dbutils.handlers.*;
+
+public class Test {
+    public void foo() {
+        QueryRunner qr = getQueryRunner();
+        List<?> parms = new java.util.ArrayList();
+        // public <T> T QueryRunner.query(String sql, ResultSetHandler<T> rsh, Object... params)
+        String result = (String) qr.query( sql, new ScalarHandler(), parms.toArray() );
+    }
+}
+        ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
 </test-data>