diff --git a/java/ql/lib/ext/jakarta.servlet.model.yml b/java/ql/lib/ext/jakarta.servlet.model.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fc1274cadaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/ql/lib/ext/jakarta.servlet.model.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+extensions:
+  - addsTo:
+      pack: codeql/java-all
+      extensible: sinkModel
+    data:
+      # TODO: potentially switch to using Argument[this] of `RequestDispatcher.forward|include` as sink instead of the below.
+      - ["jakarta.servlet", "ServletContext", True, "getRequestDispatcher", "(String)", "", "Argument[0]", "url-forward", "manual"]
+      - ["jakarta.servlet", "ServletRequest", True, "getRequestDispatcher", "(String)", "", "Argument[0]", "url-forward", "manual"]
diff --git a/java/ql/lib/ext/javax.portlet.model.yml b/java/ql/lib/ext/javax.portlet.model.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e39484abcb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/ql/lib/ext/javax.portlet.model.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+extensions:
+  - addsTo:
+      pack: codeql/java-all
+      extensible: sinkModel
+    data:
+      # TODO: potentially switch to using Argument[this] of `PortletRequestDispatcher.forward|include` as sink instead of the below.
+      - ["javax.portlet", "PortletContext", True, "getRequestDispatcher", "(String)", "", "Argument[0]", "url-forward", "manual"]
diff --git a/java/ql/lib/ext/javax.servlet.model.yml b/java/ql/lib/ext/javax.servlet.model.yml
index 581863c74f7..7c405ac0de9 100644
--- a/java/ql/lib/ext/javax.servlet.model.yml
+++ b/java/ql/lib/ext/javax.servlet.model.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ extensions:
       extensible: sinkModel
     data:
       - ["javax.servlet", "ServletContext", True, "getResourceAsStream", "(String)", "", "Argument[0]", "path-injection", "ai-manual"]
+      # TODO: potentially switch to using Argument[this] of `RequestDispatcher.forward|include` as sink instead of the below.
+      - ["javax.servlet", "ServletContext", True, "getRequestDispatcher", "(String)", "", "Argument[0]", "url-forward", "manual"]
+      - ["javax.servlet", "ServletRequest", True, "getRequestDispatcher", "(String)", "", "Argument[0]", "url-forward", "manual"]
   - addsTo:
       pack: codeql/java-all
       extensible: summaryModel
diff --git a/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/security/UnsafeUrlForward.qll b/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/security/UnsafeUrlForward.qll
index 628397d07ef..e7780ee971b 100644
--- a/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/security/UnsafeUrlForward.qll
+++ b/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/security/UnsafeUrlForward.qll
@@ -10,14 +10,9 @@ abstract class UnsafeUrlForwardSink extends DataFlow::Node { }
 /** A sanitizer for unsafe URL forward vulnerabilities. */
 abstract class UnsafeUrlForwardSanitizer extends DataFlow::Node { }
 
-/** An argument to `getRequestDispatcher`. */
-private class RequestDispatcherSink extends UnsafeUrlForwardSink {
-  RequestDispatcherSink() {
-    exists(MethodCall ma |
-      ma.getMethod() instanceof GetRequestDispatcherMethod and
-      ma.getArgument(0) = this.asExpr()
-    )
-  }
+/** A default sink representing methods susceptible to unsafe URL forwarding. */
+private class DefaultUnsafeUrlForwardSink extends UnsafeUrlForwardSink {
+  DefaultUnsafeUrlForwardSink() { sinkNode(this, "url-forward") }
 }
 
 // TODO: look into `StaplerResponse.forward`, etc., and think about re-adding the MaD "request-forgery" sinks as a result