diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a5c8c92c..806858c2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -116,6 +116,15 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Update ecocode-rules-specifications to 1.4.6
 
+
+## [unreleased]
+
+### Changed
+
+- #183 GCI94 - reduce false positives by not flagging orElse with already-defined values (literals, constants, identifiers)
+
+## [2.1.2] - 2026-05-20
+
 [unreleased](https://github.com/green-code-initiative/creedengo-java/compare/2.1.2...HEAD)
 [2.1.2](https://github.com/green-code-initiative/creedengo-java/compare/2.1.1...2.1.2)
 [2.1.1](https://github.com/green-code-initiative/creedengo-java/compare/2.1.0...2.1.1)
diff --git a/src/it/test-projects/creedengo-java-plugin-test-project/src/main/java/org/greencodeinitiative/creedengo/java/checks/GCI94/UseOptionalOrElseGetVsOrElse.java b/src/it/test-projects/creedengo-java-plugin-test-project/src/main/java/org/greencodeinitiative/creedengo/java/checks/GCI94/UseOptionalOrElseGetVsOrElse.java
index 6a93a0be..595ea9b6 100644
--- a/src/it/test-projects/creedengo-java-plugin-test-project/src/main/java/org/greencodeinitiative/creedengo/java/checks/GCI94/UseOptionalOrElseGetVsOrElse.java
+++ b/src/it/test-projects/creedengo-java-plugin-test-project/src/main/java/org/greencodeinitiative/creedengo/java/checks/GCI94/UseOptionalOrElseGetVsOrElse.java
@@ -34,4 +34,54 @@ private static String getUnpredictedMethod() {
         return "unpredicted";
     }
 
+    private static final String DEFAULT_VALUE = "default";
+
+    void badMethodCall(String value) {
+        Optional.ofNullable(value).orElse(getDefaultValue()); // Noncompliant
+    }
+
+    void badNewObject(String value) {
+        Optional.ofNullable(value).orElse(new String("default")); // Noncompliant
+    }
+
+    void goodBooleanConstant(Boolean value) {
+        Optional.ofNullable(value).orElse(Boolean.FALSE);
+    }
+
+    void goodStringLiteral(String value) {
+        Optional.ofNullable(value).orElse("default");
+    }
+
+    void goodNull(String value) {
+        Optional.ofNullable(value).orElse(null);
+    }
+
+    void goodIdentifier(String value) {
+        Optional.ofNullable(value).orElse(DEFAULT_VALUE);
+    }
+
+    void goodAlreadyOrElseGet(String value) {
+        Optional.ofNullable(value).orElseGet(this::getDefaultValue);
+    }
+
+    private String getDefaultValue() {
+        return "default";
+    }
+
+    void badConcatenation(String value, String suffix) {
+        Optional.ofNullable(value).orElse("default" + suffix); // Noncompliant
+    }
+
+    void badTernary(String value, boolean condition) {
+        Optional.ofNullable(value).orElse(condition ? "default" : "fallback"); // Noncompliant
+    }
+
+    void badCast(String value, Object defaultValue) {
+        Optional.ofNullable(value).orElse((String) defaultValue); // Noncompliant
+    }
+
+    void badArrayAccess(String value, String[] values) {
+        Optional.ofNullable(value).orElse(values[0]); // Noncompliant
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/greencodeinitiative/creedengo/java/checks/UseOptionalOrElseGetVsOrElse.java b/src/main/java/org/greencodeinitiative/creedengo/java/checks/UseOptionalOrElseGetVsOrElse.java
index ec971a6c..5895c2d3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/greencodeinitiative/creedengo/java/checks/UseOptionalOrElseGetVsOrElse.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/greencodeinitiative/creedengo/java/checks/UseOptionalOrElseGetVsOrElse.java
@@ -19,10 +19,8 @@
 
 import org.sonar.check.Rule;
 import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.IssuableSubscriptionVisitor;
-import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.tree.BaseTreeVisitor;
-import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.tree.MemberSelectExpressionTree;
-import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.tree.MethodInvocationTree;
-import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.tree.Tree;
+import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.tree.*;
+
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -51,9 +49,32 @@ public void visitMethodInvocation(MethodInvocationTree tree) {
                     Objects.requireNonNull(tree.methodSelect().firstToken()).text().equals("Optional")) {
                 MemberSelectExpressionTree memberSelect = (MemberSelectExpressionTree) tree.methodSelect();
                 if (memberSelect.identifier().name().equals("orElse")) {
+                    if (tree.arguments().isEmpty()) {
+                        return;
+                    }
+                    ExpressionTree argument = tree.arguments().get(0);
+
+                    if (isAlreadyDefinedValue(argument)) {
+                        return;
+                    }
+
                     reportIssue(memberSelect, MESSAGE_RULE);
                 }
             }
         }
+        private boolean isAlreadyDefinedValue(ExpressionTree argument) {
+            return argument.is(
+                    Tree.Kind.STRING_LITERAL,
+                    Tree.Kind.INT_LITERAL,
+                    Tree.Kind.LONG_LITERAL,
+                    Tree.Kind.FLOAT_LITERAL,
+                    Tree.Kind.DOUBLE_LITERAL,
+                    Tree.Kind.CHAR_LITERAL,
+                    Tree.Kind.BOOLEAN_LITERAL,
+                    Tree.Kind.NULL_LITERAL,
+                    Tree.Kind.IDENTIFIER,
+                    Tree.Kind.MEMBER_SELECT
+            );
+        }
     }
 }