diff --git a/src/java/devcontainer-feature.json b/src/java/devcontainer-feature.json
index 3a1170df7..cfc22e0a2 100644
--- a/src/java/devcontainer-feature.json
+++ b/src/java/devcontainer-feature.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "id": "java",
-  "version": "1.8.1",
+  "version": "1.8.2",
   "name": "Java (via SDKMAN!)",
   "documentationURL": "https://github.com/devcontainers/features/tree/main/src/java",
   "description": "Installs Java, SDKMAN! (if not installed), and needed dependencies.",
diff --git a/src/java/install.sh b/src/java/install.sh
index a142ab9e3..b8b46e2fc 100644
--- a/src/java/install.sh
+++ b/src/java/install.sh
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ if [ ! -d "${SDKMAN_DIR}" ]; then
     updaterc "export SDKMAN_DIR=${SDKMAN_DIR}\n. \${SDKMAN_DIR}/bin/sdkman-init.sh"
 fi
 
-sdk_install java ${JAVA_VERSION} "\\s*" "(\\.[a-z0-9]+)*-" ".*-[a-z]+$" "true"
+sdk_install java ${JAVA_VERSION} "\\s*" "([.+][a-z0-9]+)*-" ".*-[a-z]+$" "true"
 
 # Additional java versions to be installed but not be set as default.
 if [ ! -z "${ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS}" ]; then
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ if [ ! -z "${ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS}" ]; then
     IFS=","
         read -a additional_versions <<< "$ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS"
         for version in "${additional_versions[@]}"; do
-            sdk_install java ${version} "\\s*" "(\\.[a-z0-9]+)*-" ".*-[a-z]+$" "false"
+            sdk_install java ${version} "\\s*" "([.+][a-z0-9]+)*-" ".*-[a-z]+$" "false"
         done
     IFS=$OLDIFS
     su ${USERNAME} -c ". ${SDKMAN_DIR}/bin/sdkman-init.sh && sdk default java ${JAVA_VERSION}"
diff --git a/test/java/install_additional_java.sh b/test/java/install_additional_java.sh
index 882c49d1c..2e7bdaf6e 100644
--- a/test/java/install_additional_java.sh
+++ b/test/java/install_additional_java.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ set -e
 source dev-container-features-test-lib
 
 check "java version 11 installed as default" grep "11\." <(java --version)
+check "java version 25 installed" grep -E "^25\.[0-9.]+\+[0-9]+-ms$" <(ls /usr/local/sdkman/candidates/java)
 check "java version 17 installed" grep "^17\." <(ls /usr/local/sdkman/candidates/java)
 check "java version 8 installed" grep "^8\." <(ls /usr/local/sdkman/candidates/java)
 
diff --git a/test/java/install_java_25.sh b/test/java/install_java_25.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d71cabc95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/java/install_java_25.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+# Optional: Import test library
+source dev-container-features-test-lib
+
+echo 'public class HelloWorld { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println("Hello, World!"); } }' > HelloWorld.java
+javac HelloWorld.java
+
+check "hello world with Java 25" /bin/bash -c 'java HelloWorld | grep "Hello, World!"'
+check "Java 25 installed as default" grep 'openjdk 25\.' <(java --version)
+check "Java 25 Microsoft candidate with build metadata installed" grep -E '^25\.[0-9.]+\+[0-9]+-ms$' <(ls /usr/local/sdkman/candidates/java)
+
+# Report result
+reportResults
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/java/scenarios.json b/test/java/scenarios.json
index 0441f0aa6..cc570df85 100644
--- a/test/java/scenarios.json
+++ b/test/java/scenarios.json
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@
             }
         }
     },
+    "install_java_25": {
+        "image": "ubuntu:noble",
+        "features": {
+            "java": {
+                "version": "25"
+            }
+        }
+    },
     "install_lts_version": {
         "image": "ubuntu:noble",
         "features": {
@@ -29,7 +37,7 @@
         "features": {
             "java": {
                 "version": "11",
-                "additionalVersions": "17,8"
+                "additionalVersions": "25,17,8"
             }
         }
     },