diff --git a/java-checks-test-sources/default/src/test/java/checks/tests/UnusedPrivateMethodSampleTest.java b/java-checks-test-sources/default/src/test/java/checks/tests/UnusedPrivateMethodSampleTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5b8a66803e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java-checks-test-sources/default/src/test/java/checks/tests/UnusedPrivateMethodSampleTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+package checks.tests;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
+
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.fail;
+
+class UnusedPrivateMethodSampleTest {
+  private static Stream<Integer> provideData() {
+    return Stream.of(1, 2, 3);
+  }
+
+  private static Stream<Integer> provideDataValue() {
+    return Stream.of(1, 2, 3);
+  }
+
+  // False positive: JUnit 5 supports fully qualified method names, but we do not.
+  private static Stream<Integer> provideDataFQ() { // Noncompliant
+    return Stream.of(1, 2, 3);
+  }
+
+  private static Stream<Integer> provideDataArray1() {
+    return Stream.of(1, 2, 3);
+  }
+
+  private static Stream<Integer> provideDataArray2() {
+    return Stream.of(4, 5, 6);
+  }
+
+  private static Stream<Integer> provideDataArray1Value() {
+    return Stream.of(1, 2, 3);
+  }
+
+  private static Stream<Integer> provideDataArray2Value() {
+    return Stream.of(4, 5, 6);
+  }
+
+  private static Stream<Integer> notUsed() { // Noncompliant
+    return Stream.of(7, 8, 9);
+  }
+
+  @ParameterizedTest
+  @MethodSource("provideData")
+  void test(int num) {
+    fail();
+  }
+
+  @ParameterizedTest
+  @MethodSource(value = "provideDataValue")
+  void testValue(int num) {
+    fail();
+  }
+
+  @ParameterizedTest
+  @MethodSource("checks.tests.UnusedPrivateMethodSampleTest#provideDataFQ")
+  void testFQ(int num) {
+    fail();
+  }
+
+  @ParameterizedTest
+  @MethodSource({"provideDataArray1", "provideDataArray2"})
+  void testArray(int num) {
+    fail();
+  }
+
+  @ParameterizedTest
+  @MethodSource(value = {"provideDataArray1Value", "provideDataArray2Value"})
+  void testArrayValue(int num) {
+    fail();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/java/checks/unused/UnusedPrivateMethodCheck.java b/java-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/java/checks/unused/UnusedPrivateMethodCheck.java
index 636d8d20769..97b194b5954 100644
--- a/java-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/java/checks/unused/UnusedPrivateMethodCheck.java
+++ b/java-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/java/checks/unused/UnusedPrivateMethodCheck.java
@@ -37,12 +37,14 @@
 import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.tree.AssignmentExpressionTree;
 import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.tree.BaseTreeVisitor;
 import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.tree.ClassTree;
+import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.tree.ExpressionTree;
 import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.tree.IdentifierTree;
 import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.tree.LiteralTree;
 import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.tree.MemberSelectExpressionTree;
 import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.tree.MethodInvocationTree;
 import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.tree.MethodReferenceTree;
 import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.tree.MethodTree;
+import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.tree.NewArrayTree;
 import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.tree.NewClassTree;
 import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.tree.ParameterizedTypeTree;
 import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.tree.Tree;
@@ -119,6 +121,14 @@ public List<MethodTree> getUnusedResolvedPrivateMethods() {
       return unusedPrivateMethods.stream().filter(it -> !unresolvedMethodNames.contains(it.simpleName().name())).toList();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * JUnit's {@code @MethodSource} annotation is attached to a test and can be used in two ways:
+     * <ul>
+     *   <li>Without arguments, it indicates that the method with the same name as the test provides arguments.</li>
+     *   <li>If one or more arguments are provided, then they explicitly indicate which methods will be called.</li>
+     * </ul>
+     * Here we handle the first case. The second case is handled by the more general {@link MethodsUsedInAnnotationsFilter}.
+     */
     private static List<String> getMethodSourcesNames(ClassTree tree) {
       return tree.members().stream()
         .filter(it -> it instanceof MethodTree mt && isAnnotatedWithMethodSource(mt))
@@ -273,26 +283,46 @@ private static boolean isNameIndicatingMethod(String name) {
       return name.toLowerCase(Locale.getDefault()).contains("method");
     }
 
-    private void removeMethodName(LiteralTree literal) {
-      filteredNames.remove(removeQuotes(literal.value()));
+    private void removeMethodName(String quotedName) {
+      filteredNames.remove(removeQuotes(quotedName));
     }
 
     private static String removeQuotes(String withQuotes) {
       return withQuotes.substring(1, withQuotes.length() - 1);
     }
 
+    private void removeMethodName(LiteralTree literal) {
+      removeMethodName(literal.value());
+    }
+
+    private void removeMethodNames(NewArrayTree newArrayTree) {
+      for (ExpressionTree initializer : newArrayTree.initializers()) {
+        if (initializer.is(Tree.Kind.STRING_LITERAL)) {
+          removeMethodName((LiteralTree) initializer);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    private void removeMethodName(ExpressionTree arg) {
+      if (arg.is(Tree.Kind.STRING_LITERAL)) {
+        removeMethodName((LiteralTree) arg);
+      } else if(arg.is(Tree.Kind.NEW_ARRAY)) {
+        removeMethodNames((NewArrayTree) arg);
+      }
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void visitAnnotation(AnnotationTree annotationTree) {
       var isMethodAnnotation = isNameIndicatingMethod(annotationTree.annotationType().symbolType().name());
       for (var arg : annotationTree.arguments()) {
-        if (arg.is(Tree.Kind.STRING_LITERAL)) {
-          if (isMethodAnnotation) {
-            removeMethodName((LiteralTree) arg);
+        if (arg instanceof AssignmentExpressionTree asgn) {
+          // Handle syntax with assignment, for example, @MethodSource(value = "methodName").
+          if (isMethodAnnotation || isNameIndicatingMethod(((IdentifierTree) asgn.variable()).name())) {
+            removeMethodName(asgn.expression());
           }
-        } else if (arg instanceof AssignmentExpressionTree asgn && asgn.expression().is(Tree.Kind.STRING_LITERAL) && (
-          isMethodAnnotation || isNameIndicatingMethod(((IdentifierTree) asgn.variable()).name())
-        )) {
-          removeMethodName((LiteralTree) asgn.expression());
+        } else if (isMethodAnnotation) {
+          // No assignment, for example: @MethodSource("methodName").
+          removeMethodName(arg);
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/java-checks/src/test/java/org/sonar/java/checks/unused/UnusedPrivateMethodCheckTest.java b/java-checks/src/test/java/org/sonar/java/checks/unused/UnusedPrivateMethodCheckTest.java
index 5c147b5bd8a..fcb8a7a4c3e 100644
--- a/java-checks/src/test/java/org/sonar/java/checks/unused/UnusedPrivateMethodCheckTest.java
+++ b/java-checks/src/test/java/org/sonar/java/checks/unused/UnusedPrivateMethodCheckTest.java
@@ -30,6 +30,14 @@ void test() {
       .verifyIssues();
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void test_methodSource() {
+    CheckVerifier.newVerifier()
+      .onFile(TestUtils.testCodeSourcesPath("checks/tests/UnusedPrivateMethodSampleTest.java"))
+      .withCheck(new UnusedPrivateMethodCheck())
+      .verifyIssues();
+  }
+
   @Test
   void test_non_compiling() {
     CheckVerifier.newVerifier()