diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/parse_java_manifest.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/parse_java_manifest.go
index d00d3352feb..14a3a363e38 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/parse_java_manifest.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/parse_java_manifest.go
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ func parseJavaManifest(path string, reader io.Reader) (*pkg.JavaManifest, error)
 	return &manifest, nil
 }
 
-func selectName(manifest *pkg.JavaManifest, filenameObj archiveFilename) string {
+func extractNameFromApacheMavenBundlePlugin(manifest *pkg.JavaManifest) string {
 	// special case: from https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/felix/releases/maven-bundle-plugin-1.2.0/doc/maven-bundle-plugin-bnd.html
 	// "<Bundle-SymbolicName> is assumed to be "${groupId}.${artifactId}"."
 	//
@@ -127,10 +127,17 @@ func selectName(manifest *pkg.JavaManifest, filenameObj archiveFilename) string
 	//
 	if manifest != nil {
 		if strings.Contains(manifest.Main["Created-By"], "Apache Maven Bundle Plugin") {
-			if v := manifest.Main["Bundle-SymbolicName"]; v != "" {
+			if symbolicName := manifest.Main["Bundle-SymbolicName"]; symbolicName != "" {
+				// It is possible that `Bundle-SymbolicName` is just the groupID (like in the case of
+				// https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/google/oauth-client/google-oauth-client/1.25.0/google-oauth-client-1.25.0.jar),
+				// so if `Implementation-Vendor-Id` is equal to `Bundle-SymbolicName`, bail on this logic
+				if vendorID := manifest.Main["Implementation-Vendor-Id"]; vendorID != "" && vendorID == symbolicName {
+					return ""
+				}
+
 				// the problem with this approach is that we don't have a strong indication of the artifactId
 				// not having a "." in it. However, by convention it is unlikely that an artifactId would have a ".".
-				fields := strings.Split(v, ".")
+				fields := strings.Split(symbolicName, ".")
 
 				// grab the last field, this is the artifactId. Note: because of [3] we do not know if this value is
 				// correct. That is, a group id of "commons-logging" may have caused BND to swap out the reference to
@@ -143,6 +150,15 @@ func selectName(manifest *pkg.JavaManifest, filenameObj archiveFilename) string
 		}
 	}
 
+	return ""
+}
+
+func selectName(manifest *pkg.JavaManifest, filenameObj archiveFilename) string {
+	name := extractNameFromApacheMavenBundlePlugin(manifest)
+	if name != "" {
+		return name
+	}
+
 	// the filename tends to be the next-best reference for the package name
 	if filenameObj.name != "" {
 		if strings.Contains(filenameObj.name, ".") {
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/parse_java_manifest_test.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/parse_java_manifest_test.go
index 7779a05d9f6..1676c14e07e 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/parse_java_manifest_test.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/parse_java_manifest_test.go
@@ -209,6 +209,31 @@ func TestSelectName(t *testing.T) {
 			archive:  newJavaArchiveFilename("/something/com.atlassian.gadgets.atlassian-gadgets-api.jar"),
 			expected: "atlassian-gadgets-api",
 		},
+		{
+			// example: pkg:maven/com.google.oauth-client/google-oauth-client@1.25.0
+			desc: "skip Apache Maven Bundle Plugin logic if symbolic name is same as vendor id",
+			manifest: pkg.JavaManifest{
+				Main: map[string]string{
+					"Created-By":                          "Apache Maven Bundle Plugin",
+					"Bundle-DocURL":                       "http://www.google.com/",
+					"Bundle-License":                      "http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt",
+					"Bundle-ManifestVersion":              "2",
+					"Bundle-Name":                         "Google OAuth Client Library for Java",
+					"Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment": "JavaSE-1.6",
+					"Bundle-SymbolicName":                 "com.google.oauth-client",
+					"Bundle-Vendor":                       "Google",
+					"Bundle-Version":                      "1.25.0",
+					"Created-By":                          "Apache Maven Bundle Plugin",
+					"Export-Package":                      "com.google.api.client.auth.openidconnect;uses:=\"com.google.api.client.auth.oauth2,com.google.api.client.json,com.google.api.client.json.webtoken,com.google.api.client.util\";version=\"1.25.0\",com.google.api.client.auth.oauth;uses:=\"com.google.api.client.http,com.google.api.client.util\";version=\"1.25.0\",com.google.api.client.auth.oauth2;uses:=\"com.google.api.client.http,com.google.api.client.json,com.google.api.client.util,com.google.api.client.util.store\";version=\"1.25.0\"",
+					"Implementation-Title":                "Google OAuth Client Library for Java",
+					"Implementation-Vendor":               "Google",
+					"Implementation-Vendor-Id":            "com.google.oauth-client",
+					"Implementation-Version":              "1.25.0",
+				},
+			},
+			archive:  newJavaArchiveFilename("/something/google-oauth-client-1.25.0.jar"),
+			expected: "google-oauth-client",
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {