diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/config/spotbugs-exclude-filter.xml b/theodolite-benchmarks/config/spotbugs-exclude-filter.xml
index 38cd4b6914b3f0cbdeac2a22bf29ce0d7cf487ee..4bc9e048fb20e27feb793d4c6c398345cd599cff 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/config/spotbugs-exclude-filter.xml
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/config/spotbugs-exclude-filter.xml
@@ -5,4 +5,7 @@
     <Rank value="16" />
   </Match>
 
+  <!-- Temporary disabled due to potential false positive reported in https://github.com/spotbugs/spotbugs/issues/1923. -->
+  <Bug code="NP" />
+
 </FindBugsFilter>
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