diff --git a/internal/languages/java/.snapshots/TestPattern-catch_types_is_a_container_type b/internal/languages/java/.snapshots/TestPattern-catch_types_is_a_container_type
index b4e75a0c9..87c9810b1 100644
--- a/internal/languages/java/.snapshots/TestPattern-catch_types_is_a_container_type
+++ b/internal/languages/java/.snapshots/TestPattern-catch_types_is_a_container_type
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 (*builder.Result)({
-  Query: (string) (len=334) "([(class_declaration  . name: (_) . [(class_body  [(method_declaration . [ (void_type )] @param1 . [ (identifier )] @param2 . [ (formal_parameters )] . [(block  [(try_statement  [ (block )] [(catch_clause   . [(catch_formal_parameter . [(catch_type (_) @match)] . [ (identifier )] @param3 .)]  . [ (block )] .)])] )] .)] )] .)] @root)",
+  Query: (string) (len=328) "([(class_declaration  name: (_) [(class_body  [(method_declaration . [ (void_type )] @param1 . [ (identifier )] @param2 . [ (formal_parameters )] . [(block  [(try_statement  [ (block )] [(catch_clause   . [(catch_formal_parameter . [(catch_type (_) @match)] . [ (identifier )] @param3 .)]  . [ (block )] .)])] )] .)] )])] @root)",
   VariableNames: ([]string) (len=1) {
     (string) (len=1) "_"
   },
diff --git a/internal/languages/java/.snapshots/TestPattern-method_params_is_a_container_type b/internal/languages/java/.snapshots/TestPattern-method_params_is_a_container_type
index b28c5b329..15080fda8 100644
--- a/internal/languages/java/.snapshots/TestPattern-method_params_is_a_container_type
+++ b/internal/languages/java/.snapshots/TestPattern-method_params_is_a_container_type
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 (*builder.Result)({
-  Query: (string) (len=196) "([(class_declaration  . name: (_) . [(class_body  [(method_declaration . [ (void_type )] @param1 . [ (identifier )] @param2 . [(formal_parameters  . (_) @match . )] . [ (block )] .)] )] .)] @root)",
+  Query: (string) (len=190) "([(class_declaration  name: (_) [(class_body  [(method_declaration . [ (void_type )] @param1 . [ (identifier )] @param2 . [(formal_parameters  . (_) @match . )] . [ (block )] .)] )])] @root)",
   VariableNames: ([]string) (len=1) {
     (string) (len=1) "_"
   },
diff --git a/internal/languages/java/pattern/pattern.go b/internal/languages/java/pattern/pattern.go
index 9e3f08446..65fca7f21 100644
--- a/internal/languages/java/pattern/pattern.go
+++ b/internal/languages/java/pattern/pattern.go
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func (*Pattern) IsAnchored(node *tree.Node) (bool, bool) {
 	// function block
 	// lambda () -> {} block
 	// try {} catch () {}
-	unAnchored := []string{"class_body", "block", "try_statement", "catch_type", "resource_specification"}
+	unAnchored := []string{"class_declaration", "class_body", "block", "try_statement", "catch_type", "resource_specification"}
 
 	isAnchored := !slices.Contains(unAnchored, parent.Type())
 	return isAnchored, isAnchored