diff --git a/rewrite-java-test/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/JavaParserTest.java b/rewrite-java-test/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/JavaParserTest.java
index 931d06254ff..b74cd479f67 100644
--- a/rewrite-java-test/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/JavaParserTest.java
+++ b/rewrite-java-test/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/JavaParserTest.java
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@
 import org.openrewrite.test.RewriteTest;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
@@ -47,7 +49,7 @@ void incompleteAssignment() {
             """
               @Deprecated(since=)
               public class A {}
-               """
+              """
           )
         );
     }
@@ -88,10 +90,18 @@ public class PersistenceManagerImpl {
     }
 
     @Test
-    void dependenciesFromResources(@TempDir Path temp) {
+    void dependenciesFromResources(@TempDir Path temp) throws Exception {
         JavaParserExecutionContextView ctx = JavaParserExecutionContextView.view(new InMemoryExecutionContext());
         ctx.setParserClasspathDownloadTarget(temp.toFile());
-        assertThat(JavaParser.dependenciesFromResources(ctx, "guava-31.0-jre")).isNotEmpty();
+        // Put a decoy file in the target directory to ensure that it is not used
+        Files.write(temp.resolve("guava-30.0-jre.jar"), "decoy for test purposes; not a real jar".getBytes());
+        List<Path> classpath = JavaParser.dependenciesFromResources(ctx, "guava");
+        assertThat(classpath)
+          .singleElement()
+          .matches(Files::exists, "File extracted from classpath resources exists on disk")
+          .matches(path -> path.endsWith("guava-31.0-jre.jar"),
+            "classpathFromResources should return guava-31.0-jre.jar from resources, even when the target " +
+            "directory contains guava-30.0-jre.jar which has the same prefix");
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/rewrite-java/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/JavaParser.java b/rewrite-java/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/JavaParser.java
index aa27110fc6b..e912c6b12b6 100644
--- a/rewrite-java/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/JavaParser.java
+++ b/rewrite-java/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/JavaParser.java
@@ -109,30 +109,15 @@ static List<Path> dependenciesFromClasspath(String... artifactNames) {
     }
 
     static List<Path> dependenciesFromResources(ExecutionContext ctx, String... artifactNamesWithVersions) {
+        if(artifactNamesWithVersions.length == 0) {
+            return Collections.emptyList();
+        }
         List<Path> artifacts = new ArrayList<>(artifactNamesWithVersions.length);
         Set<String> missingArtifactNames = new LinkedHashSet<>(artifactNamesWithVersions.length);
+        missingArtifactNames.addAll(Arrays.asList(artifactNamesWithVersions));
         File resourceTarget = JavaParserExecutionContextView.view(ctx)
                 .getParserClasspathDownloadTarget();
 
-        nextArtifact:
-        for (String artifactName : artifactNamesWithVersions) {
-            Pattern jarPattern = Pattern.compile("[/\\\\]" + artifactName + "-?.*\\.jar$");
-            File[] extracted = resourceTarget.listFiles();
-            if (extracted != null) {
-                for (File file : extracted) {
-                    if (jarPattern.matcher(file.getPath()).find()) {
-                        artifacts.add(file.toPath());
-                        continue nextArtifact;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            missingArtifactNames.add(artifactName);
-        }
-
-        if (missingArtifactNames.isEmpty()) {
-            return artifacts;
-        }
-
         Class<?> caller;
         try {
             // StackWalker is only available in Java 15+, but right now we only use classloader isolated
diff --git a/rewrite-maven/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/maven/MavenParserTest.java b/rewrite-maven/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/maven/MavenParserTest.java
index 0b65ed80e6d..1db19cdcc6a 100644
--- a/rewrite-maven/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/maven/MavenParserTest.java
+++ b/rewrite-maven/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/maven/MavenParserTest.java
@@ -1130,17 +1130,17 @@ void indirectBomImportedFromParent() {
               """
                     <project>
                         <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-
+                
                         <artifactId>b</artifactId>
                         <groupId>org.openrewrite.maven</groupId>
                         <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
                         <packaging>pom</packaging>
-
+                
                         <properties>
                             <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
                             <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
                         </properties>
-
+                
                         <dependencyManagement>
                             <dependencies>
                                 <dependency>
@@ -1161,12 +1161,12 @@ void indirectBomImportedFromParent() {
               """
                     <project>
                         <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-
+                
                         <artifactId>c</artifactId>
                         <groupId>org.openrewrite.maven</groupId>
                         <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
                         <packaging>pom</packaging>
-
+                
                         <dependencyManagement>
                             <dependencies>
                                 <dependency>
@@ -1176,7 +1176,7 @@ void indirectBomImportedFromParent() {
                                 </dependency>
                             </dependencies>
                         </dependencyManagement>
-                    </project>
+                    </pro               ject>
                 """
             )
           ),
@@ -1185,11 +1185,11 @@ void indirectBomImportedFromParent() {
               """
                     <project>
                         <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-
+                
                         <groupId>org.openrewrite.maven</groupId>
                         <artifactId>d</artifactId>
                         <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-
+                
                         <properties>
                             <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
                             <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
@@ -1532,7 +1532,7 @@ void managedDependencyInTransitiveAndPom() {
                         <artifactId>a</artifactId>
                         <version>1.0.0</version>
                         <packaging>jar</packaging>
-
+                
                         <dependencyManagement>
                             <dependencies>
                                 <dependency>
@@ -1606,7 +1606,7 @@ void profileNoJdkActivation() {
                   <groupId>com.mycompany.app</groupId>
                   <artifactId>my-app</artifactId>
                   <version>1</version>
-
+              
                   <profiles>
                       <profile>
                           <id>old-jdk</id>
@@ -2474,7 +2474,7 @@ void pluginManagement() {
                   <groupId>org.openrewrite.maven</groupId>
                   <artifactId>a</artifactId>
                   <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  
+              
                   <build>
                     <pluginManagement>
                       <plugins>