diff --git a/java/ql/lib/change-notes/2025-04-09-enum-type-exclusion.md b/java/ql/lib/change-notes/2025-04-09-enum-type-exclusion.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9b120e84ff7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/ql/lib/change-notes/2025-04-09-enum-type-exclusion.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+category: minorAnalysis
+---
+* Enum-typed values are now assumed to be safe by most queries. This means that queries may return fewer results where an enum value is used in a sensitive context, e.g. pasted into a query string.
diff --git a/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/security/Sanitizers.qll b/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/security/Sanitizers.qll
index 6035b068bd0..5340ba34482 100644
--- a/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/security/Sanitizers.qll
+++ b/java/ql/lib/semmle/code/java/security/Sanitizers.qll
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class SimpleTypeSanitizer extends DataFlow::Node {
     this.getType()
         .(RefType)
         .getASourceSupertype*()
-        .hasQualifiedName("java.time.temporal", "TemporalAccessor")
+        .hasQualifiedName("java.time.temporal", "TemporalAccessor") or
+    this.getType() instanceof EnumType
   }
 }