diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a9d0fc5..9201119 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
         <!--suppress XmlUnresolvedReference -->
         <skipChecks>${skipTests}</skipChecks>
 
+        <unusedPropertyRule.suppressions>junit.version,kept-for-compat.version</unusedPropertyRule.suppressions>
         <pmd.version>7.22.0</pmd.version>
         <junit.version>6.0.3</junit.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/solubris/enforcer/UnusedPropertyRule.java b/src/main/java/com/solubris/enforcer/UnusedPropertyRule.java
index 1474c88..d428f72 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/solubris/enforcer/UnusedPropertyRule.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/solubris/enforcer/UnusedPropertyRule.java
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@
 
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 import javax.inject.Named;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.LongAdder;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@
 @Named("unusedPropertyRule")
 public class UnusedPropertyRule extends AbstractEnforcerRule {
     private static final Pattern PROPERTY_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("\\$\\{([^}]+)\\}");
+    protected static final String SUPPRESSIONS_PROPERTY = "unusedPropertyRule.suppressions";
 
     private final Model originalModel;
     private final Model effectiveModel;
@@ -66,8 +69,12 @@ protected Stream<String> scanProperties() {
 //                .filter(artifact -> !isExcluded(artifact.getVersion()))
                 .collect(groupingBy(ArtifactV2::getVersion, toList()));
 
+        String property = originalModel.getProperties().getProperty(SUPPRESSIONS_PROPERTY);
+        Set<String> suppressed = parseSuppressedPropertyList(property);
+
         return originalModel.getProperties().entrySet().stream()
                 .filter(UnusedPropertyRule::isVersionProperty) // only check properties that look like versions
+                .filter(e -> !suppressed.contains(e.getKey().toString()))
                 .map(e -> {
                     String propName = e.getKey().toString();
                     String propValue = e.getValue() != null ? e.getValue().toString() : "";
@@ -76,6 +83,14 @@ protected Stream<String> scanProperties() {
                 }).filter(Objects::nonNull);
     }
 
+    private static Set<String> parseSuppressedPropertyList(String raw) {
+        if (raw == null || raw.isBlank()) return Collections.emptySet();
+        return Arrays.stream(raw.split("[,\\s]+"))
+                .map(String::trim)
+                .filter(s -> !s.isEmpty())
+                .collect(Collectors.toSet());
+    }
+
     private static boolean isVersionProperty(Map.Entry<Object, Object> e) {
         return e.getKey().toString().endsWith(".version");
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/solubris/enforcer/UnusedPropertyRuleTest.java b/src/test/java/com/solubris/enforcer/UnusedPropertyRuleTest.java
index 96e7442..843db5d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/solubris/enforcer/UnusedPropertyRuleTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/solubris/enforcer/UnusedPropertyRuleTest.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import static com.solubris.enforcer.ModelStubber.extensionOf;
 import static com.solubris.enforcer.ModelStubber.pluginOf;
 import static com.solubris.enforcer.ModelStubber.reportPluginOf;
+import static com.solubris.enforcer.UnusedPropertyRule.SUPPRESSIONS_PROPERTY;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatNoException;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
@@ -148,6 +149,16 @@ void unusedVersionPropertyFails() {
                 .contains("unused");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void suppressedUnusedPropertyIsIgnored() {
+        originalModel.addProperty(SUPPRESSIONS_PROPERTY, "old-lib.version, kept-for-compat.version");
+        originalModel.addProperty("old-lib.version", "2.0.0");
+
+        Stream<String> violations = rule.scanProperties();
+
+        assertThat(violations).isEmpty();
+    }
+
     @Test
     void nonVersionPropertyIsIgnored() {
         originalModel.addProperty("project.build.sourceEncoding", "UTF-8");
diff --git a/src/test/resources/mockito-extensions/org.mockito.plugins.MockMaker b/src/test/resources/mockito-extensions/org.mockito.plugins.MockMaker
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fdbd0b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/mockito-extensions/org.mockito.plugins.MockMaker
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+mock-maker-subclass