diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d1b60cfa4d..168c8bc683 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -39,3 +39,6 @@ Desktop.ini
 
 .java-version
 .mvn/.develocity/
+
+CLAUDE.md
+.claude
diff --git a/java-checks-test-sources/default/src/main/java/checks/spring/NullableInjectedFieldsHaveDefaultValueSample.java b/java-checks-test-sources/default/src/main/java/checks/spring/NullableInjectedFieldsHaveDefaultValueSample.java
index 5b8f903a91..36aac04807 100644
--- a/java-checks-test-sources/default/src/main/java/checks/spring/NullableInjectedFieldsHaveDefaultValueSample.java
+++ b/java-checks-test-sources/default/src/main/java/checks/spring/NullableInjectedFieldsHaveDefaultValueSample.java
@@ -118,4 +118,22 @@ private String setNothingWithTwoParameters(@Nullable String a, String b) {
   @org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable
   @Value("${my.property_jspecify}") // Noncompliant  {{Provide a default null value for this field.}} [[sc=3;ec=27;secondary=-1]]
   private String myProperty_jspecify;
+
+  // Test case from SONARJAVA-5866: @NonNull parameters should not trigger the rule
+  public String shouldNotTriggerOnNonNullParameter(@Value("${x}") @org.jspecify.annotations.NonNull String x) { // Compliant - NonNull means no default null value needed
+    return x;
+  }
+
+  public String shouldNotTriggerOnNonNullParameterFindbugs(@Value("${y}") @edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.NonNull String y) { // Compliant - NonNull means no default null value needed
+    return y;
+  }
+
+  // NonNull fields should also not trigger
+  @org.jspecify.annotations.NonNull
+  @Value("${my.nonnull.property}") // Compliant - NonNull means no default null value needed
+  private String myNonNullProperty_jspecify;
+
+  @edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.NonNull
+  @Value("${my.nonnull.property2}") // Compliant - NonNull means no default null value needed
+  private String myNonNullProperty_findbugs;
 }
diff --git a/java-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/java/checks/spring/NullableInjectedFieldsHaveDefaultValueCheck.java b/java-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/java/checks/spring/NullableInjectedFieldsHaveDefaultValueCheck.java
index f1fdf38da0..a162ce37fb 100644
--- a/java-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/java/checks/spring/NullableInjectedFieldsHaveDefaultValueCheck.java
+++ b/java-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/java/checks/spring/NullableInjectedFieldsHaveDefaultValueCheck.java
@@ -173,6 +173,14 @@ private static Optional<AnnotationTree> getNullableAnnotation(VariableTree field
     if (instance == null) {
       return Optional.empty();
     }
+    // Only return if the annotation is actually nullable (not non-null)
+    // Prefer not raising an issue when type is unknown
+    SymbolMetadata.NullabilityType nullabilityType = nullabilityData.type();
+    if (nullabilityType == SymbolMetadata.NullabilityType.NON_NULL ||
+        nullabilityType == SymbolMetadata.NullabilityType.UNKNOWN ||
+        nullabilityType == SymbolMetadata.NullabilityType.NO_ANNOTATION) {
+      return Optional.empty();
+    }
     return Optional.ofNullable(field.symbol().metadata().findAnnotationTree(instance));
   }