diff --git a/src/main/resources/spotbugs/spotbugs-exclude-filter.xml b/src/main/resources/spotbugs/spotbugs-exclude-filter.xml
index c3012e811..ce3477870 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/spotbugs/spotbugs-exclude-filter.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/spotbugs/spotbugs-exclude-filter.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@
     <Method name="sqrt"/>
     <BugPattern name="FE_FLOATING_POINT_EQUALITY"/>
   </Match>
+  <Match>
+    <!-- Benchmark state classes can expose internal representations -->
+    <Class name="org.apache.commons.math4.neuralnet.twod.NeuronSquareMesh2D"/>
+    <Method name="createLinks"/>
+    <BugPattern name="SF_SWITCH_FALLTHROUGH"/>
+  </Match>
 
   <Match>
     <!-- Benchmark state classes can expose internal representations -->