diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a2485ba..e237424 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [3.0.3]
+### Changed
+- Magento phpmd.xml loosened some rules to be more inline with what is 'normal' in Magento.
+
 ## [3.0.2]
 ### Changed
 - Constraint for `bitexpert/phpstan-magento` from '~0.30' to '>=0.30' to allow for installing newer PHPStan versions when needed.
diff --git a/config/magento2/phpmd.xml b/config/magento2/phpmd.xml
index 51e4c08..b0be3be 100644
--- a/config/magento2/phpmd.xml
+++ b/config/magento2/phpmd.xml
@@ -18,10 +18,23 @@
         <exclude name="BooleanArgumentFlag"/>
     </rule>
 
-    <rule ref="rulesets/codesize.xml" />
+    <rule ref="rulesets/codesize.xml">
+        <!-- Number of parameters often exceed 10 due to the dependency injection system -->
+        <exclude name="ExcessiveParameterList" />
+    </rule>
+
     <rule ref="rulesets/design.xml" />
-    <rule ref="rulesets/unusedcode.xml" />
-    <rule ref="rulesets/naming.xml" />
+    <rule ref="rulesets/unusedcode.xml">
+        <!-- In Magento unused parameters are common, for example in plugins, $subject is required, but often not used. -->
+        <exclude name="UnusedLocalVariable" />
+        <exclude name="UnusedFormalParameter" />
+
+    </rule>
+    <rule ref="rulesets/naming.xml">
+        <!-- For these rules we have exceptions configured below -->
+        <exclude name="LongVariable" />
+        <exclude name="ShortVariable" />
+    </rule>
 
     <rule ref="rulesets/naming.xml/LongVariable">
         <properties>
@@ -29,9 +42,16 @@
             <property name="maximum" value="30"/>
         </properties>
     </rule>
+
+    <!-- $id is a very common (and accepted) ShortVariable -->
+    <rule ref="rulesets/naming.xml/ShortVariable">
+        <properties>
+            <property name="exceptions" value="id" />
+        </properties>
+    </rule>
     <!-- End of global ruleset -->
 
-    <!-- Increase maximum amount of coupling, because magento constructor injection can become quite extreme and is mostly an adobe issue to fix -->
+    <!-- Increase maximum amount of coupling, because Magento constructor injection can become quite extreme and is mostly an adobe issue to fix -->
     <rule ref="rulesets/design.xml">
         <exclude name="CouplingBetweenObjects"/>
     </rule>
@@ -41,5 +61,4 @@
             <property name="maximum" value="20"/>
         </properties>
     </rule>
-
-</ruleset>
\ No newline at end of file
+</ruleset>