diff --git a/.all-contributorsrc b/.all-contributorsrc
index 3ccf2e8784..e26a244d2f 100644
--- a/.all-contributorsrc
+++ b/.all-contributorsrc
@@ -7866,6 +7866,15 @@
         "code"
       ]
     },
+    {
+      "login": "chenguangqi",
+      "name": "天热吃西瓜",
+      "avatar_url": "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6231010?v=4",
+      "profile": "http://chenguangqi.github.io/",
+      "contributions": [
+        "bug"
+      ]
+    },
     {
       "login": "wahajenius",
       "name": "Willem A. Hajenius",
diff --git a/docs/pages/pmd/projectdocs/credits.md b/docs/pages/pmd/projectdocs/credits.md
index 8bedbc0f63..b6ccbdf647 100644
--- a/docs/pages/pmd/projectdocs/credits.md
+++ b/docs/pages/pmd/projectdocs/credits.md
@@ -1116,6 +1116,7 @@ Thanks goes to these wonderful people ([emoji key](https://allcontributors.org/d
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://github.com/zzzzfeng"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8851007?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="zzzzfeng"/><br /><sub><b>zzzzfeng</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues?q=author%3Azzzzfeng" title="Bug reports">🐛</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://github.com/magwas"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/756838?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="Árpád Magosányi"/><br /><sub><b>Árpád Magosányi</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues?q=author%3Amagwas" title="Bug reports">🐛</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://github.com/clsaa"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/32028545?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="任贵杰"/><br /><sub><b>任贵杰</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues?q=author%3Aclsaa" title="Bug reports">🐛</a></td>
+      <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="http://chenguangqi.github.io/"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6231010?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="天热吃西瓜"/><br /><sub><b>天热吃西瓜</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues?q=author%3Achenguangqi" title="Bug reports">🐛</a></td>
       <td align="center" valign="top" width="14.28%"><a href="https://github.com/341816041"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/100549608?v=4?s=100" width="100px;" alt="茅延安"/><br /><sub><b>茅延安</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/pmd/pmd/commits?author=341816041" title="Code">💻</a></td>
     </tr>
   </tbody>
diff --git a/docs/pages/release_notes.md b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
index f9967dcfc3..b7ab311cb1 100644
--- a/docs/pages/release_notes.md
+++ b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ This is a {{ site.pmd.release_type }} release.
   * [#5293](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/5293): \[java] Deadlock when executing PMD in multiple threads
   * [#5324](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/5324): \[java] Issue with type inference of nested lambdas
   * [#5329](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/5329): \[java] Type inference issue with unknown method ref in call chain
+* java-performance
+  * [#5314](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/5314): \[java] InsufficientStringBufferDeclarationRule: Lack of handling for char type parameters
 
 ### 🚨 API Changes
 
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/performance/InsufficientStringBufferDeclarationRule.java b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/performance/InsufficientStringBufferDeclarationRule.java
index a6fabf91a2..5acd063c15 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/performance/InsufficientStringBufferDeclarationRule.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/performance/InsufficientStringBufferDeclarationRule.java
@@ -240,6 +240,12 @@ public class InsufficientStringBufferDeclarationRule extends AbstractJavaRulecha
 
     private int calculateExpression(ASTExpression expression) {
         Object value = expression.getConstValue();
-        return value == null ? State.UNKNOWN_CAPACITY : (Integer) value;
+        if (value == null) {
+            return State.UNKNOWN_CAPACITY;
+        }
+        if (value instanceof Character) {
+            return (Character) value;
+        }
+        return (Integer) value;
     }
 }
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/performance/xml/InsufficientStringBufferDeclaration.xml b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/performance/xml/InsufficientStringBufferDeclaration.xml
index ec267fcfcc..bd5d364eb1 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/performance/xml/InsufficientStringBufferDeclaration.xml
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/performance/xml/InsufficientStringBufferDeclaration.xml
@@ -1419,4 +1419,23 @@ public class LiteralExpression {
 }
         ]]></code>
     </test-code>
+
+    <test-code>
+        <description>#5314 [java] InsufficientStringBufferDeclarationRule: Lack of handling for char type parameters</description>
+        <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+public class StringBufferInstantiationWithCharTest {
+    public void example01() {
+        // misleading instantiation, these buffers
+        // are actually sized to 99 characters long
+        StringBuffer  sb1 = new StringBuffer('c');
+        StringBuilder sb2 = new StringBuilder('c');
+
+        // in these forms, just single characters are allocated
+        StringBuffer  sb3 = new StringBuffer("c");
+        StringBuilder sb4 = new StringBuilder("c");
+    }
+}
+]]></code>
+    </test-code>
 </test-data>