diff --git a/rules/hardcoded_credentials.go b/rules/hardcoded_credentials.go
index acdd583..791bb5d 100644
--- a/rules/hardcoded_credentials.go
+++ b/rules/hardcoded_credentials.go
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func (r *credentials) matchEqualityCheck(binaryExpr *ast.BinaryExpr, ctx *gosec.
 // NewHardcodedCredentials attempts to find high entropy string constants being
 // assigned to variables that appear to be related to credentials.
 func NewHardcodedCredentials(id string, conf gosec.Config) (gosec.Rule, []ast.Node) {
-	pattern := `(?i)passwd|pass|password|pwd|secret|token`
+	pattern := `(?i)passwd|pass|password|pwd|secret|token|pw|apiKey|bearer|cred`
 	entropyThreshold := 80.0
 	perCharThreshold := 3.0
 	ignoreEntropy := false
diff --git a/testutils/source.go b/testutils/source.go
index c69e10b..dba9612 100644
--- a/testutils/source.go
+++ b/testutils/source.go
@@ -105,6 +105,82 @@ func main() {
 		fmt.Println("password equality")
 	}
 }`}, 0, gosec.NewConfig()},
+		{[]string{`
+package main
+import "fmt"
+const (
+	pw = "KjasdlkjapoIKLlka98098sdf012U/rL2sLdBqOHQUlt5Z6kCgKGDyCFA=="
+)
+func main() {
+	fmt.Println(pw)
+}`}, 1, gosec.NewConfig()},
+		{[]string{`
+package main
+import "fmt"
+var (
+	pw string
+)
+func main() {
+    pw = "KjasdlkjapoIKLlka98098sdf012U/rL2sLdBqOHQUlt5Z6kCgKGDyCFA=="
+	fmt.Println(pw)
+}`}, 1, gosec.NewConfig()},
+		{[]string{`
+package main
+import "fmt"
+const (
+	cred = "KjasdlkjapoIKLlka98098sdf012U/rL2sLdBqOHQUlt5Z6kCgKGDyCFA=="
+)
+func main() {
+	fmt.Println(cred)
+}`}, 1, gosec.NewConfig()},
+		{[]string{`
+package main
+import "fmt"
+var (
+	cred string
+)
+func main() {
+    cred = "KjasdlkjapoIKLlka98098sdf012U/rL2sLdBqOHQUlt5Z6kCgKGDyCFA=="
+	fmt.Println(cred)
+}`}, 1, gosec.NewConfig()},
+		{[]string{`
+package main
+import "fmt"
+const (
+	apiKey = "KjasdlkjapoIKLlka98098sdf012U"
+)
+func main() {
+	fmt.Println(apiKey)
+}`}, 1, gosec.NewConfig()},
+		{[]string{`
+package main
+import "fmt"
+var (
+	apiKey string
+)
+func main() {
+    apiKey = "KjasdlkjapoIKLlka98098sdf012U"
+	fmt.Println(apiKey)
+}`}, 1, gosec.NewConfig()},
+		{[]string{`
+package main
+import "fmt"
+const (
+	bearer = "Bearer: 2lkjdfoiuwer092834kjdwf09"
+)
+func main() {
+	fmt.Println(bearer)
+}`}, 1, gosec.NewConfig()},
+		{[]string{`
+package main
+import "fmt"
+var (
+	bearer string
+)
+func main() {
+    bearer = "Bearer: 2lkjdfoiuwer092834kjdwf09"
+	fmt.Println(bearer)
+}`}, 1, gosec.NewConfig()},
 	}
 
 	// SampleCodeG102 code snippets for network binding