diff --git a/lib/config/presets/internal/workarounds.ts b/lib/config/presets/internal/workarounds.ts
index 71ea42eb6820dc..8ff444e39dabd0 100644
--- a/lib/config/presets/internal/workarounds.ts
+++ b/lib/config/presets/internal/workarounds.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export const presets: Record<string, Preset> = {
     extends: [
       'workarounds:mavenCommonsAncientVersion',
       'workarounds:ignoreSpringCloudNumeric',
+      'workarounds:ignoreWeb3jCoreWithOldReleaseTimestamp',
       'workarounds:ignoreHttp4sDigestMilestones',
       'workarounds:typesNodeVersioning',
       'workarounds:reduceRepologyServerLoad',
@@ -35,6 +36,16 @@ export const presets: Record<string, Preset> = {
       },
     ],
   },
+  ignoreWeb3jCoreWithOldReleaseTimestamp: {
+    description: 'Ignore web3j 5.0.0 release',
+    packageRules: [
+      {
+        matchDatasources: ['maven'],
+        matchPackageNames: ['org.web3j:core'],
+        allowedVersions: '!/^5\\.0\\.0/',
+      },
+    ],
+  },
   ignoreHttp4sDigestMilestones: {
     description: 'Ignore http4s digest-based 1.x milestones',
     packageRules: [