diff --git a/docs/pages/release_notes.md b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
index 197b7a4aec..00fa297731 100644
--- a/docs/pages/release_notes.md
+++ b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
@@ -17,15 +17,16 @@ This is a {{ site.pmd.release_type }} release.
 ### 🌟 Rule Changes
 
 #### Renamed Rules
-Several rules for unit testing have been renamed to better reflect their actual scope. Lots of them were called
-after JUnit / JUnit 4, even when they applied to JUnit 5 and / or TestNG.
-
-* {% rule java/bestpractices/UnitTestAssertionsShouldIncludeMessage %} (Java Best Practices) has been renamed from `JUnitAssertionsShouldIncludeMessage`.
-* {% rule java/bestpractices/UnitTestContainsTooManyAsserts %} (Java Best Practices) has been renamed from `JUnitTestContainsTooManyAsserts`.
-* {% rule java/bestpractices/UnitTestShouldIncludeAssert %} (Java Best Practices) has been renamed from `JUnitTestsShouldIncludeAssert`.
-* {% rule java/bestpractices/UnitTestShouldUseAfterAnnotation %} (Java Best Practices) has been renamed from `JUnit4TestShouldUseAfterAnnotation`.
-* {% rule java/bestpractices/UnitTestShouldUseBeforeAnnotation %} (Java Best Practices) has been renamed from `JUnit4TestShouldUseBeforeAnnotation`.
-* {% rule java/bestpractices/UnitTestShouldUseTestAnnotation %} (Java Best Practices) has been renamed from `JUnit4TestShouldUseTestAnnotation`.
+* Several rules for unit testing have been renamed to better reflect their actual scope. Lots of them were called
+  after JUnit / JUnit 4, even when they applied to JUnit 5 and / or TestNG.
+  * {% rule java/bestpractices/UnitTestAssertionsShouldIncludeMessage %} (Java Best Practices) has been renamed from `JUnitAssertionsShouldIncludeMessage`.
+  * {% rule java/bestpractices/UnitTestContainsTooManyAsserts %} (Java Best Practices) has been renamed from `JUnitTestContainsTooManyAsserts`.
+  * {% rule java/bestpractices/UnitTestShouldIncludeAssert %} (Java Best Practices) has been renamed from `JUnitTestsShouldIncludeAssert`.
+  * {% rule java/bestpractices/UnitTestShouldUseAfterAnnotation %} (Java Best Practices) has been renamed from `JUnit4TestShouldUseAfterAnnotation`.
+  * {% rule java/bestpractices/UnitTestShouldUseBeforeAnnotation %} (Java Best Practices) has been renamed from `JUnit4TestShouldUseBeforeAnnotation`.
+  * {% rule java/bestpractices/UnitTestShouldUseTestAnnotation %} (Java Best Practices) has been renamed from `JUnit4TestShouldUseTestAnnotation`.
+* {% rule java/bestpractices/DefaultLabelNotLastInSwitch %} (Java Best Practices) has been renamed from `DefaultLabelNotLastInSwitch`, as it also 
+  applies to Switch Expressions.
 
 The old rule names still work but are deprecated.
 
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ The old rule names still work but are deprecated.
   * The old rule name `JUnitAssertionsShouldIncludeMessage` has been deprecated. Use the new name {% rule java/bestpractices/UnitTestAssertionsShouldIncludeMessage %} instead.
   * The old rule name `JUnitTestContainsTooManyAsserts` has been deprecated. Use the new name {% rule java/bestpractices/UnitTestContainsTooManyAsserts %} instead.
   * The old rule name `JUnitTestsShouldIncludeAssert` has been deprecated. Use the new name {% rule java/bestpractices/UnitTestShouldIncludeAssert %} instead.
-
+  * The old rule name `DefaultLabelNotLastInSwitch` has been deprecated. Use the new name {% rule java/bestpractices/DefaultLabelNotLastInSwitch %} instead.
 
 ### ✨ Merged pull requests
 * [#4965](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/4965): \[java] Rename JUnit rules with overly restrictive names - [Juan Martín Sotuyo Dodero](https://github.com/jsotuyod) (@jsotuyod)
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/main/resources/category/java/bestpractices.xml b/pmd-java/src/main/resources/category/java/bestpractices.xml
index 03b23ad1ca..834651971c 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/main/resources/category/java/bestpractices.xml
+++ b/pmd-java/src/main/resources/category/java/bestpractices.xml
@@ -457,14 +457,18 @@ public interface YetAnotherConstantInterface {
         </example>
     </rule>
 
-    <rule name="DefaultLabelNotLastInSwitchStmt"
+    <rule name="DefaultLabelNotLastInSwitchStmt" deprecated="true" ref="DefaultLabelNotLastInSwitch" />
+
+    <rule name="DefaultLabelNotLastInSwitch"
           language="java"
           since="1.5"
-          message="The default label should be the last label in a switch statement"
+          message="The default label should be the last label in a switch statement or expression"
           class="net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.rule.xpath.XPathRule"
-          externalInfoUrl="${pmd.website.baseurl}/pmd_rules_java_bestpractices.html#defaultlabelnotlastinswitchstmt">
+          externalInfoUrl="${pmd.website.baseurl}/pmd_rules_java_bestpractices.html#defaultlabelnotlastinswitch">
         <description>
-By convention, the default label should be the last label in a switch statement.
+By convention, the default label should be the last label in a switch statement or switch expression.
+
+Note: This rule has been renamed from "DefaultLabelNotLastInSwitchStmt" with PMD 7.7.0.
         </description>
         <priority>3</priority>
         <properties>
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/main/resources/rulesets/java/quickstart.xml b/pmd-java/src/main/resources/rulesets/java/quickstart.xml
index 3ac03a493c..a195090891 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/main/resources/rulesets/java/quickstart.xml
+++ b/pmd-java/src/main/resources/rulesets/java/quickstart.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     <rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/AvoidUsingHardCodedIP"/>
     <rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/CheckResultSet"/>
     <rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/ConstantsInInterface"/>
-    <rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/DefaultLabelNotLastInSwitchStmt"/>
+    <rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/DefaultLabelNotLastInSwitch"/>
     <rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/DoubleBraceInitialization"/>
     <rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/ForLoopCanBeForeach"/>
     <!-- <rule ref="category/java/bestpractices.xml/ForLoopVariableCount" /> -->
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/bestpractices/DefaultLabelNotLastInSwitchStmtTest.java b/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/bestpractices/DefaultLabelNotLastInSwitchTest.java
similarity index 78%
rename from pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/bestpractices/DefaultLabelNotLastInSwitchStmtTest.java
rename to pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/bestpractices/DefaultLabelNotLastInSwitchTest.java
index b316a1881f..a012153e0e 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/bestpractices/DefaultLabelNotLastInSwitchStmtTest.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/bestpractices/DefaultLabelNotLastInSwitchTest.java
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ package net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.rule.bestpractices;
 
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.test.PmdRuleTst;
 
-class DefaultLabelNotLastInSwitchStmtTest extends PmdRuleTst {
+class DefaultLabelNotLastInSwitchTest extends PmdRuleTst {
     // no additional unit tests
 }
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/bestpractices/xml/DefaultLabelNotLastInSwitch.xml b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/bestpractices/xml/DefaultLabelNotLastInSwitch.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5212dbe022
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/bestpractices/xml/DefaultLabelNotLastInSwitch.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<test-data
+    xmlns="http://pmd.sourceforge.net/rule-tests"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://pmd.sourceforge.net/rule-tests http://pmd.sourceforge.net/rule-tests_1_0_0.xsd">
+
+    <test-code>
+        <description>ok</description>
+        <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+public class Foo {
+    void bar(int x) {
+        switch(x) {
+            case 1:
+                break;
+            default:
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+}
+        ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
+
+    <test-code>
+        <description>bad</description>
+        <expected-problems>1</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+public class Foo {
+    void bar(int x) {
+        switch(x) {
+            case 1:
+                break;
+            default:
+                break;
+            case 2:
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+}
+        ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
+
+    <test-code>
+        <description>ok, no default</description>
+        <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+public class Foo {
+    void bar(int x) {
+        switch(x) {
+            case 1:
+                break;
+            case 2:
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+}
+        ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
+
+    <test-code>
+        <description>switch expression, ok</description>
+        <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+public class Foo {
+    void bar(int x) {
+        x = switch(x) {
+            case 1: yield 1;
+            default: yield -1;
+        };
+    }
+}
+]]></code>
+    </test-code>
+
+    <test-code>
+        <description>switch expression, not ok</description>
+        <expected-problems>1</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+public class Foo {
+    void bar(int x) {
+        x = switch(x) {
+            case 1: yield 1;
+            default: yield -1;
+            case 2: yield 2;
+        };
+    }
+}
+]]></code>
+    </test-code>
+
+    <test-code>
+        <description>switch arrow, ok</description>
+        <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+public class Foo {
+    void bar(int x) {
+        switch(x) {
+            case 1 -> System.out.println("a");
+            default -> System.out.println("default");
+        }
+    }
+}
+        ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
+
+    <test-code>
+        <description>switch arrow, not ok</description>
+        <expected-problems>1</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+public class Foo {
+    void bar(int x) {
+        switch(x) {
+            case 1 -> System.out.println("a");
+            default -> System.out.println("default");
+            case 2 -> System.out.println("b");
+        }
+    }
+}
+        ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
+
+    <test-code>
+        <description>switch with pattern and default case, ok</description>
+        <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+public class Foo {
+    void barPattern(Object x) {
+        x = switch(x) {
+            case Integer i: yield 1;
+            case null, default: yield -1;
+        };
+    }
+}
+]]></code>
+    </test-code>
+</test-data>
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/bestpractices/xml/DefaultLabelNotLastInSwitchStmt.xml b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/bestpractices/xml/DefaultLabelNotLastInSwitchStmt.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index df892c6141..0000000000
--- a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/bestpractices/xml/DefaultLabelNotLastInSwitchStmt.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<test-data
-    xmlns="http://pmd.sourceforge.net/rule-tests"
-    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://pmd.sourceforge.net/rule-tests http://pmd.sourceforge.net/rule-tests_1_0_0.xsd">
-
-    <test-code>
-        <description>ok</description>
-        <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
-        <code><![CDATA[
-public class Foo {
-    void bar(int x) {
-        switch(x) {
-            case 1:
-                break;
-            default:
-                break;
-        }
-    }
-}
-        ]]></code>
-    </test-code>
-
-    <test-code>
-        <description>bad</description>
-        <expected-problems>1</expected-problems>
-        <code><![CDATA[
-public class Foo {
-    void bar(int x) {
-        switch(x) {
-            case 1:
-                break;
-            default:
-                break;
-            case 2:
-                break;
-        }
-    }
-}
-        ]]></code>
-    </test-code>
-
-    <test-code>
-        <description>ok, no default</description>
-        <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
-        <code><![CDATA[
-public class Foo {
-    void bar(int x) {
-        switch(x) {
-            case 1:
-                break;
-            case 2:
-                break;
-        }
-    }
-}
-        ]]></code>
-    </test-code>
-</test-data>