diff --git a/rewrite-java-test/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/search/HasJavaVersionTest.java b/rewrite-java-test/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/search/HasJavaVersionTest.java
index 86b98ac5bbe..dabed976d9b 100644
--- a/rewrite-java-test/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/search/HasJavaVersionTest.java
+++ b/rewrite-java-test/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/search/HasJavaVersionTest.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 import org.openrewrite.test.RewriteTest;
 
 import static org.openrewrite.java.Assertions.java;
-import static org.openrewrite.java.Assertions.version;
+import static org.openrewrite.java.Assertions.javaVersion;
 import static org.openrewrite.test.SourceSpecs.text;
 
 class HasJavaVersionTest implements RewriteTest {
@@ -31,18 +31,16 @@ class HasJavaVersionTest implements RewriteTest {
     void matches(String version) {
         rewriteRun(
           spec -> spec.recipe(new HasJavaVersion(version, false)),
-          version(
-            java(
-              """
-                class Test {
-                }
-                """,
-              """
-                /*~~>*/class Test {
-                }
-                """
-            ),
-            11
+          java(
+            """
+              class Test {
+              }
+              """,
+            """
+              /*~~>*/class Test {
+              }
+              """,
+            spec -> spec.markers(javaVersion(11))
           )
         );
     }
@@ -52,14 +50,12 @@ class Test {
     void noMatch(String version) {
         rewriteRun(
           spec -> spec.recipe(new HasJavaVersion(version, false)),
-          version(
-            java(
-              """
-                class Test {
-                }
-                """
-            ),
-            17
+          java(
+            """
+              class Test {
+              }
+              """,
+            spec -> spec.markers(javaVersion(17))
           )
         );
     }
@@ -82,4 +78,22 @@ void declarativePrecondition() {
         );
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void declarativePreconditionMatch() {
+        rewriteRun(
+          spec -> spec.recipeFromYaml("""
+            ---
+            type: specs.openrewrite.org/v1beta/recipe
+            name: org.openrewrite.PreconditionTest
+            preconditions:
+              - org.openrewrite.java.search.HasJavaVersion:
+                  version: 11
+            recipeList:
+              - org.openrewrite.text.ChangeText:
+                 toText: 2
+            """, "org.openrewrite.PreconditionTest"),
+          text("1", "2", spec -> spec.markers(javaVersion(11)))
+        );
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/rewrite-java/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/search/HasJavaVersion.java b/rewrite-java/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/search/HasJavaVersion.java
index 55deba66f8c..d85064d2316 100644
--- a/rewrite-java/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/search/HasJavaVersion.java
+++ b/rewrite-java/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/search/HasJavaVersion.java
@@ -19,10 +19,7 @@
 import lombok.Value;
 import org.openrewrite.*;
 import org.openrewrite.internal.lang.Nullable;
-import org.openrewrite.java.JavaIsoVisitor;
 import org.openrewrite.java.marker.JavaVersion;
-import org.openrewrite.java.tree.J;
-import org.openrewrite.java.tree.JavaSourceFile;
 import org.openrewrite.marker.SearchResult;
 import org.openrewrite.semver.Semver;
 import org.openrewrite.semver.VersionComparator;
@@ -69,20 +66,19 @@ public Validated<Object> validate() {
     @Override
     public TreeVisitor<?, ExecutionContext> getVisitor() {
         VersionComparator versionComparator = requireNonNull(Semver.validate(version, null).getValue());
-        return new JavaIsoVisitor<ExecutionContext>() {
+        return new TreeVisitor<Tree, ExecutionContext>() {
             @Override
-            public J visit(@Nullable Tree tree, ExecutionContext ctx) {
-                if (tree instanceof JavaSourceFile) {
-                    JavaSourceFile cu = (JavaSourceFile) requireNonNull(tree);
-                    return cu.getMarkers().findFirst(JavaVersion.class)
+            public Tree visit(@Nullable Tree tree, ExecutionContext ctx) {
+                if (tree != null) {
+                    return tree.getMarkers().findFirst(JavaVersion.class)
                             .filter(version -> versionComparator.isValid(null, Integer.toString(
                                     Boolean.TRUE.equals(checkTargetCompatibility) ?
                                             version.getMajorReleaseVersion() :
                                             version.getMajorVersion())))
-                            .map(version -> SearchResult.found(cu))
-                            .orElse(cu);
+                            .map(version -> SearchResult.found(tree))
+                            .orElse(tree);
                 }
-                return (J) tree;
+                return tree;
             }
         };
     }