diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a5c8c92c..6fe368da 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 
+- [#122](https://github.com/green-code-initiative/creedengo-java/issues/122) GCI82 - remove false positive triggered on pattern variables of `instanceof`, record patterns and `switch` patterns (e.g. `if (o instanceof final String s)`)
 - [#69](https://github.com/green-code-initiative/creedengo-java/issues/69) correction of NullPointer in GCI79 rule + technical refactoring of GCI79
 - update integration tests system to use the new component "creedengo-integration-test"
 - compatibility updates for SonarQube up to 26.2.0
diff --git a/src/it/test-projects/creedengo-java-plugin-test-project/src/main/java/org/greencodeinitiative/creedengo/java/checks/GCI82/MakeNonReassignedVariablesConstants.java b/src/it/test-projects/creedengo-java-plugin-test-project/src/main/java/org/greencodeinitiative/creedengo/java/checks/GCI82/MakeNonReassignedVariablesConstants.java
index dc192cdd..693af408 100644
--- a/src/it/test-projects/creedengo-java-plugin-test-project/src/main/java/org/greencodeinitiative/creedengo/java/checks/GCI82/MakeNonReassignedVariablesConstants.java
+++ b/src/it/test-projects/creedengo-java-plugin-test-project/src/main/java/org/greencodeinitiative/creedengo/java/checks/GCI82/MakeNonReassignedVariablesConstants.java
@@ -41,6 +41,14 @@ public void parameterReassigned(String reassigned) {
         logger.info(reassigned);
     }
 
+    public void parameterNotReassignedInstance() {
+        final Object o = new Object();
+        // instanceof with final keyword - Compliant (pattern variable is skipped)
+        if (o instanceof final String k) {
+            logger.info(k);
+        }
+    }
+
     public void parameterNotReassigned(final String notReassigned) {
         logger.info(notReassigned);
     }
@@ -107,13 +115,13 @@ void reassignedInMethod() {
         String varDefinedInMethodReassignedInMethod = "0"; // Compliant
         String varDefinedInMethodInFinalMethod = "0"; // Noncompliant {{The variable is never reassigned and can be 'final'}}
         String varDefinedInMethodNotReassignedInMethod = "0"; // Compliant (the String was passed as a non-final parameter to the method)
-
         this.parameterReassigned(varDefinedInMethodReassignedInMethod);
         this.parameterReassigned(this.varDefinedInClassReassignedInMethod);
         this.parameterNotReassigned(varDefinedInMethodInFinalMethod);
         this.parameterNotReassigned(this.varDefinedInClassInFinalMethod);
         this.parameterNotReassignedNotFinal(varDefinedInMethodNotReassignedInMethod);
         this.parameterNotReassignedNotFinal(this.varDefinedInClassNotReassignedInMethod);
+        this.parameterNotReassignedInstance();// Compliant
     }
 
     void reassignedInConstructor(){
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/greencodeinitiative/creedengo/java/checks/MakeNonReassignedVariablesConstants.java b/src/main/java/org/greencodeinitiative/creedengo/java/checks/MakeNonReassignedVariablesConstants.java
index 495bc4e2..bbcecdb0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/greencodeinitiative/creedengo/java/checks/MakeNonReassignedVariablesConstants.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/greencodeinitiative/creedengo/java/checks/MakeNonReassignedVariablesConstants.java
@@ -25,6 +25,16 @@ public List<Kind> nodesToVisit() {
     @Override
     public void visitNode(@Nonnull Tree tree) {
         VariableTree variableTree = (VariableTree) tree;
+
+        // Issue #122 : skip pattern variables (instanceof pattern, record pattern, switch pattern).
+        // Pattern variables are scope-limited to their branch and cannot meaningfully be made
+        // "more final". SonarJava does not consistently expose the `final` modifier on pattern
+        // variables, which would produce a false positive when the user has explicitly written
+        // `final` — e.g. `if (o instanceof final String s)`.
+        if (isPatternVariable(variableTree)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
         if (LOGGER.isDebugEnabled()) {
             LOGGER.debug("Variable > {}", getVariableNameForLogger(variableTree));
             LOGGER.debug("   => isNotFinalAndNotStatic(variableTree) = {}", isNotFinalAndNotStatic(variableTree));
@@ -39,6 +49,21 @@ public void visitNode(@Nonnull Tree tree) {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns {@code true} when the given variable is a pattern variable, i.e. it is the variable
+     * bound by a type pattern in:
+     * <ul>
+     *     <li>an {@code instanceof} pattern: {@code if (o instanceof String s)}</li>
+     *     <li>a record pattern component: {@code if (p instanceof Point(int x, int y))}</li>
+     *     <li>a switch pattern: {@code case String s -> ...}</li>
+     * </ul>
+     * In all those cases, the {@code VariableTree} is the direct child of a {@code TypePatternTree}.
+     */
+    private static boolean isPatternVariable(VariableTree variableTree) {
+        Tree parent = variableTree.parent();
+        return parent != null && parent.is(Kind.TYPE_PATTERN);
+    }
+
     private static boolean isNotReassigned(VariableTree variableTree) {
         return variableTree.symbol()
                 .usages()