diff --git a/java/packagescanner.go b/java/packagescanner.go
index be8f27a8d..da8d79cbf 100644
--- a/java/packagescanner.go
+++ b/java/packagescanner.go
@@ -174,9 +174,9 @@ func (s *Scanner) Scan(ctx context.Context, layer *claircore.Layer) ([]*claircor
 		infos, err := jar.Parse(ctx, n, z)
 		switch {
 		case err == nil:
-		case errors.Is(err, jar.ErrUnidentified) || errors.Is(err, jar.ErrNotAJar):
-			// If there's an error that's one of the "known" reasons (e.g. not a
-			// read error or a malformed file), just log it and continue on.
+		case errors.Is(err, jar.ErrUnidentified) || errors.Is(err, jar.ErrNotAJar) || errors.Is(err, zip.ErrFormat):
+			// If there's an error that's one of the "known" reasons (e.g. not a read error),
+			// just log it and continue on.
 			zlog.Info(ctx).
 				AnErr("reason", err).
 				Msg("skipping jar")