diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck-base-suppression.xml b/core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck-base-suppression.xml
index dc908b85f27..9d7b5027d5c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck-base-suppression.xml
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck-base-suppression.xml
@@ -1084,6 +1084,15 @@
         <gav regex="true">^com\.liferay:org\.apache\.felix\.configadmin:.*$</gav>
         <cpe>cpe:/a:cm_project:cm</cpe>
     </suppress>
+    <suppress base="true">
+       <notes><![CDATA[
+       Suppresses false positives per issue #5048
+       ]]></notes>
+       <packageUrl regex="true">^pkg:maven/com\.liferay\.portal/com\.liferay\.util\.slf4j@.*$</packageUrl>
+       <cpe>cpe:/a:liferay:liferay</cpe>
+       <cpe>cpe:/a:liferay:liferay_portal</cpe>
+       <cpe>cpe:/a:liferay:portal</cpe>
+    </suppress>
     <suppress base="true">
         <notes><![CDATA[
         Suppresses false positives per issue #1585