diff --git a/plexus-java/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/languages/java/jpms/AbstractBinaryModuleInfoParser.java b/plexus-java/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/languages/java/jpms/AbstractBinaryModuleInfoParser.java
index 90854c4..3b58137 100644
--- a/plexus-java/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/languages/java/jpms/AbstractBinaryModuleInfoParser.java
+++ b/plexus-java/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/languages/java/jpms/AbstractBinaryModuleInfoParser.java
@@ -23,19 +23,24 @@
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
-import java.util.Enumeration;
 import java.util.jar.JarEntry;
 import java.util.jar.JarFile;
 import java.util.jar.Manifest;
-import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+import org.codehaus.plexus.languages.java.version.JavaVersion;
 
 abstract class AbstractBinaryModuleInfoParser implements ModuleInfoParser
 {
-    private static final Pattern MRJAR_DESCRIPTOR = Pattern.compile( "META-INF/versions/[^/]+/module-info.class" );
-
     @Override
     public JavaModuleDescriptor getModuleDescriptor( Path modulePath )
         throws IOException
+    {
+        return getModuleDescriptor( modulePath, JavaVersion.JAVA_SPECIFICATION_VERSION );
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    public JavaModuleDescriptor getModuleDescriptor( Path modulePath, JavaVersion jdkVersion )
+        throws IOException
     {
         JavaModuleDescriptor descriptor;
         if ( Files.isDirectory( modulePath ) )
@@ -64,12 +69,13 @@ public JavaModuleDescriptor getModuleDescriptor( Path modulePath )
 
                         if ( manifest != null && "true".equalsIgnoreCase( manifest.getMainAttributes().getValue( "Multi-Release" ) ) ) 
                         {
-                            // look for multirelease descriptor
-                            Enumeration<JarEntry> entryIter = jarFile.entries();
-                            while ( entryIter.hasMoreElements() )
+                            int javaVersion = Integer.valueOf( jdkVersion.asMajor().getValue( 1 ) );
+                            
+                            for ( int version = javaVersion; version >= 9; version-- )
                             {
-                                JarEntry entry = entryIter.nextElement();
-                                if ( MRJAR_DESCRIPTOR.matcher( entry.getName() ).matches() )
+                                String resource = "META-INF/versions/" + version + "/module-info.class";
+                                JarEntry entry = jarFile.getJarEntry( resource );
+                                if ( entry != null )
                                 {
                                     moduleInfo = entry;
                                     break;
diff --git a/plexus-java/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/languages/java/jpms/ModuleInfoParser.java b/plexus-java/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/languages/java/jpms/ModuleInfoParser.java
index 4791bf2..f0ed02e 100644
--- a/plexus-java/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/languages/java/jpms/ModuleInfoParser.java
+++ b/plexus-java/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/languages/java/jpms/ModuleInfoParser.java
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 
+import org.codehaus.plexus.languages.java.version.JavaVersion;
+
 /**
  * Extract information from the module-info file
  * 
@@ -37,6 +39,16 @@ interface ModuleInfoParser
      * @return the module descriptor
      * @throws IOException when the file could not be parsed
      */
-    JavaModuleDescriptor getModuleDescriptor( Path modulePath )
+    JavaModuleDescriptor getModuleDescriptor( Path modulePath ) throws IOException;
+    
+    /**
+     * Extracts the name from the module-info file
+     * 
+     * @param modulePath the path to the {@code module-info.class}
+     * @param javaVersion the java version in case of a multirelease jar
+     * @return the module descriptor
+     * @throws IOException when the file could not be parsed
+     */
+    JavaModuleDescriptor getModuleDescriptor( Path modulePath, JavaVersion javaVersion )
         throws IOException;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plexus-java/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/languages/java/jpms/BinaryModuleInfoParserTest.java b/plexus-java/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/languages/java/jpms/BinaryModuleInfoParserTest.java
index a70daa4..9279540 100644
--- a/plexus-java/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/languages/java/jpms/BinaryModuleInfoParserTest.java
+++ b/plexus-java/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/languages/java/jpms/BinaryModuleInfoParserTest.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 import org.codehaus.plexus.languages.java.jpms.JavaModuleDescriptor.JavaExports;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.languages.java.jpms.JavaModuleDescriptor.JavaProvides;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.languages.java.jpms.JavaModuleDescriptor.JavaRequires;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.languages.java.version.JavaVersion;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class BinaryModuleInfoParserTest
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ public void testJarDescriptor() throws Exception
     @Test
     public void testMultiReleaseJarDescriptor() throws Exception
     {
-        JavaModuleDescriptor descriptor = parser.getModuleDescriptor( Paths.get( "src/test/resources/jar.mr.descriptor/jloadr-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar" ) );
+        JavaModuleDescriptor descriptor = parser.getModuleDescriptor( Paths.get( "src/test/resources/jar.mr.descriptor/jloadr-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar" ), JavaVersion.parse( "17" ) );
         
         assertNotNull( descriptor);
         assertEquals( "de.adito.jloadr", descriptor.name() );