diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1782c1a4de5..3e21c186d56 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ require (
 
 require (
 	github.com/invopop/jsonschema v0.13.0
+	golang.org/x/time v0.8.0
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.29.0
 )
 
@@ -278,7 +279,6 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.29.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/term v0.28.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.21.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/time v0.8.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20231012003039-104605ab7028 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/api v0.215.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20241118233622-e639e219e697 // indirect
diff --git a/grype/db/v5/matcher/java/matcher.go b/grype/db/v5/matcher/java/matcher.go
index 3d8dbba7b2a..d84e3cbb820 100644
--- a/grype/db/v5/matcher/java/matcher.go
+++ b/grype/db/v5/matcher/java/matcher.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func (m *Matcher) Match(store v5.VulnerabilityProvider, d *distro.Distro, p pkg.
 			if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "no artifact found") {
 				log.Debugf("no upstream maven artifact found for %s", p.Name)
 			}
-			log.Errorf("failed to match against upstream data for %s: %v", p.Name, err)
+			log.WithFields("package", p.Name, "error", err).Warn("failed to resolve package details with maven")
 		} else {
 			matches = append(matches, upstreamMatches...)
 		}
diff --git a/grype/db/v5/matcher/java/matcher_integration_test.go b/grype/db/v5/matcher/java/matcher_integration_test.go
index 15859d53b02..444faae16c3 100644
--- a/grype/db/v5/matcher/java/matcher_integration_test.go
+++ b/grype/db/v5/matcher/java/matcher_integration_test.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-//go:build integration
-// +build integration
+//go:build api_limits
+// +build api_limits
 
 package java
 
diff --git a/grype/db/v5/matcher/java/maven_test.go b/grype/db/v5/matcher/java/maven_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a57ec25651e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/grype/db/v5/matcher/java/maven_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+package java
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"golang.org/x/time/rate"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func TestNewMavenSearchRateLimiter(t *testing.T) {
+	// Create a test server
+	ts := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		// We don't need to respond with anything for this test
+	}))
+	defer ts.Close()
+
+	t.Run("default initialization", func(t *testing.T) {
+		ms := newMavenSearch(http.DefaultClient, ts.URL)
+
+		if ms.client == nil {
+			t.Error("HTTP client was not initialized")
+		}
+
+		if ms.baseURL != ts.URL {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected base URL: got %q, want %q", ms.baseURL, ts.URL)
+		}
+
+		if ms.rateLimiter == nil {
+			t.Error("rate limiter was not initialized")
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("rate limiter configuration", func(t *testing.T) {
+		ms := newMavenSearch(http.DefaultClient, ts.URL)
+
+		expectedRate := rate.Every(300 * time.Millisecond)
+		if ms.rateLimiter.Limit() != expectedRate {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected rate limit: got %v, want %v", ms.rateLimiter.Limit(), rate.Limit(expectedRate))
+		}
+
+		if ms.rateLimiter.Burst() != 1 {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected burst limit: got %d, want 1", ms.rateLimiter.Burst())
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("rate limiter behavior", func(t *testing.T) {
+		ms := newMavenSearch(http.DefaultClient, ts.URL)
+		ctx := context.Background()
+
+		// First request should proceed immediately
+		start := time.Now()
+		err := ms.rateLimiter.Wait(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected error on first wait: %v", err)
+		}
+		if elapsed := time.Since(start); elapsed > 50*time.Millisecond {
+			t.Errorf("first request took too long: %v", elapsed)
+		}
+
+		// Second request should be delayed by ~300ms
+		start = time.Now()
+		err = ms.rateLimiter.Wait(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected error on second wait: %v", err)
+		}
+		if elapsed := time.Since(start); elapsed < 250*time.Millisecond {
+			t.Errorf("rate limiting not enforced, second request took: %v", elapsed)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("nil client", func(t *testing.T) {
+		ms := newMavenSearch(nil, ts.URL)
+		if ms.rateLimiter == nil {
+			t.Error("rate limiter was not initialized with nil client")
+		}
+	})
+}