diff --git a/java/java-indexing-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/java/stubs/index/JavaModuleNameIndex.java b/java/java-indexing-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/java/stubs/index/JavaModuleNameIndex.java
index f58f110d1a22..7226c18b7fb6 100644
--- a/java/java-indexing-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/java/stubs/index/JavaModuleNameIndex.java
+++ b/java/java-indexing-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/java/stubs/index/JavaModuleNameIndex.java
@@ -1,22 +1,24 @@
-// Copyright 2000-2024 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
+// Copyright 2000-2025 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
 package com.intellij.psi.impl.java.stubs.index;
 
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
 import com.intellij.openapi.roots.ProjectFileIndex;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile;
+import com.intellij.pom.java.JavaFeature;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiJavaModule;
 import com.intellij.psi.impl.search.JavaSourceFilterScope;
 import com.intellij.psi.search.GlobalSearchScope;
 import com.intellij.psi.stubs.StringStubIndexExtension;
 import com.intellij.psi.stubs.StubIndex;
 import com.intellij.psi.stubs.StubIndexKey;
-import com.intellij.util.SmartList;
 import com.intellij.util.containers.ContainerUtil;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import java.util.*;
 
 public final class JavaModuleNameIndex extends StringStubIndexExtension<PsiJavaModule> {
+  private static final int MIN_JAVA_VERSION = JavaFeature.MODULES.getMinimumLevel().feature();
   private static final JavaModuleNameIndex ourInstance = new JavaModuleNameIndex();
 
   public static JavaModuleNameIndex getInstance() {
@@ -45,29 +47,44 @@ public final class JavaModuleNameIndex extends StringStubIndexExtension<PsiJavaM
   public Collection<PsiJavaModule> getModules(@NotNull String name, @NotNull Project project, @NotNull GlobalSearchScope scope) {
     Collection<PsiJavaModule> modules = StubIndex.getElements(getKey(), name, project, new JavaSourceFilterScope(scope), PsiJavaModule.class);
     if (modules.size() > 1) {
-      modules = filterVersions(project, modules);
+      modules = filterHighestVersions(project, modules);
     }
     return modules;
   }
 
-  private static Collection<PsiJavaModule> filterVersions(Project project, Collection<PsiJavaModule> modules) {
-    Set<VirtualFile> filter = new HashSet<>();
-
+  /**
+   * Filters the given collection of Java modules to exclude redundant versions of modules,
+   * preserving only the highest versions available in the project scope.
+   *
+   * @param project the project in which the module filtering is performed
+   * @param modules a collection of Java modules to be filtered
+   * @return a collection of Java modules with only the highest versions retained
+   */
+  @NotNull
+  private static Collection<PsiJavaModule> filterHighestVersions(@NotNull Project project, @NotNull Collection<PsiJavaModule> modules) {
     ProjectFileIndex index = ProjectFileIndex.getInstance(project);
-    for (PsiJavaModule module : modules) {
-      VirtualFile root = index.getClassRootForFile(module.getContainingFile().getVirtualFile());
-      if (root != null) {
-        List<VirtualFile> files = descriptorFiles(root);
-        VirtualFile main = ContainerUtil.getFirstItem(files);
-        if (main != null && !(root.equals(main.getParent()) || version(main.getParent()) >= 9)) {
-          filter.add(main);
-        }
-        for (int i = 1; i < files.size(); i++) {
-          filter.add(files.get(i));
+
+    Set<VirtualFile> roots = new HashSet<>();
+    for (PsiJavaModule javaModule : modules) {
+      VirtualFile file = index.getClassRootForFile(javaModule.getContainingFile().getVirtualFile());
+      ContainerUtil.addIfNotNull(roots, file);
+    }
+
+    Set<VirtualFile> filter = new HashSet<>();
+    for (VirtualFile root : roots) {
+      Collection<VirtualFile> descriptors = getSortedFileDescriptors(root);
+      boolean found = false;
+      // find the highest correct module.
+      for (VirtualFile descriptor : descriptors) {
+        if (!found && isCorrectModulePath(root, descriptor)) {
+          found = true;
+        } else {
+          filter.add(descriptor);
         }
       }
     }
 
+    // remove the same modules but with a smaller version.
     if (!filter.isEmpty()) {
       modules = ContainerUtil.filter(modules, m -> !filter.contains(m.getContainingFile().getVirtualFile()));
     }
@@ -75,26 +92,50 @@ public final class JavaModuleNameIndex extends StringStubIndexExtension<PsiJavaM
     return modules;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Checks if the descriptor is in the root directory or a valid versioned subdirectory.
+   *
+   * @param root the root directory.
+   * @param descriptor the module descriptor to check.
+   * @return true if the descriptor is correctly located, false otherwise.
+   */
+  private static boolean isCorrectModulePath(@NotNull VirtualFile root, @Nullable VirtualFile descriptor) {
+    if (descriptor == null) return false;
+    return root.equals(descriptor.getParent()) || version(descriptor.getParent()) >= MIN_JAVA_VERSION;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public boolean traceKeyHashToVirtualFileMapping() {
     return true;
   }
 
-  private static List<VirtualFile> descriptorFiles(VirtualFile root) {
-    List<VirtualFile> results = new SmartList<>();
-
-    ContainerUtil.addIfNotNull(results, root.findChild(PsiJavaModule.MODULE_INFO_CLS_FILE));
+  /**
+   * Collects module descriptor files (e.g., `module-info.class`) from the root and "META-INF/versions",
+   * sorted by Java version (highest to lowest).
+   *
+   * @param root the root virtual file
+   * @return a sorted collection of module descriptor files
+   */
+  @NotNull
+  private static Collection<VirtualFile> getSortedFileDescriptors(@NotNull VirtualFile root) {
+    NavigableMap<Integer, VirtualFile> results = new TreeMap<>((i1,i2) -> Integer.compare(i2, i1));
+    VirtualFile rootModuleInfo = root.findChild(PsiJavaModule.MODULE_INFO_CLS_FILE);
+    if (rootModuleInfo != null) {
+      results.put(MIN_JAVA_VERSION, rootModuleInfo);
+    }
 
     VirtualFile versionsDir = root.findFileByRelativePath("META-INF/versions");
     if (versionsDir != null) {
       VirtualFile[] versions = versionsDir.getChildren();
-      Arrays.sort(versions, JavaModuleNameIndex::compareVersions);
       for (VirtualFile version : versions) {
-        ContainerUtil.addIfNotNull(results, version.findChild(PsiJavaModule.MODULE_INFO_CLS_FILE));
+        VirtualFile moduleInfo = version.findChild(PsiJavaModule.MODULE_INFO_CLS_FILE);
+        if (moduleInfo != null) {
+          results.put(version(version), moduleInfo);
+        }
       }
     }
 
-    return results;
+    return results.values();
   }
 
   private static int version(VirtualFile dir) {
@@ -105,12 +146,4 @@ public final class JavaModuleNameIndex extends StringStubIndexExtension<PsiJavaM
       return Integer.MIN_VALUE;
     }
   }
-
-  private static int compareVersions(VirtualFile dir1, VirtualFile dir2) {
-    int v1 = version(dir1), v2 = version(dir2);
-    if (v1 < 9 && v2 < 9) return 0;
-    if (v1 < 9) return 1;
-    if (v2 < 9) return -1;
-    return v1 - v2;
-  }
 }
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/jigsaw/multi-release.jar b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/jigsaw/multi-release.jar
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..96507bb2924d
Binary files /dev/null and b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/jigsaw/multi-release.jar differ
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/daemon/ModuleHighlightingTest.kt b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/daemon/ModuleHighlightingTest.kt
index c71803bca84e..e9762db6580e 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/daemon/ModuleHighlightingTest.kt
+++ b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/daemon/ModuleHighlightingTest.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2000-2025 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
 package com.intellij.java.codeInsight.daemon
 
+import com.intellij.JavaTestUtil
 import com.intellij.codeInsight.daemon.impl.JavaHighlightInfoTypes
 import com.intellij.codeInsight.daemon.impl.analysis.JavaModuleGraphUtil
 import com.intellij.codeInsight.intention.IntentionActionDelegate
@@ -19,15 +20,18 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.application.runWriteActionAndWait
 import com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.ReportingClassSubstitutor
 import com.intellij.openapi.module.Module
 import com.intellij.openapi.module.ModuleManager
-import com.intellij.openapi.module.ModuleManager.Companion.getInstance
 import com.intellij.openapi.projectRoots.JavaSdk
 import com.intellij.openapi.projectRoots.ProjectJdkTable
 import com.intellij.openapi.projectRoots.impl.JavaAwareProjectJdkTableImpl
 import com.intellij.openapi.roots.ModuleRootManager
 import com.intellij.openapi.roots.ModuleRootModificationUtil
+import com.intellij.openapi.roots.OrderRootType
 import com.intellij.openapi.roots.ProjectRootManager
+import com.intellij.openapi.roots.libraries.LibraryTablesRegistrar
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.Computable
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.TextRange
+import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.JarFileSystem
+import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.LocalFileSystem
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFileManager
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.ex.temp.TempFileSystem
@@ -53,6 +57,7 @@ import junit.framework.TestCase
 import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat
 import org.intellij.lang.annotations.Language
 import org.jetbrains.jps.model.java.JavaSourceRootType
+import java.io.File
 import java.util.jar.JarFile
 
 class ModuleHighlightingTest : LightJava9ModulesCodeInsightFixtureTestCase() {
@@ -1003,6 +1008,55 @@ class ModuleHighlightingTest : LightJava9ModulesCodeInsightFixtureTestCase() {
     }
   }
 
+  fun testMultiReleaseJarWithDifferentJavaVersions() {
+    val location = JavaTestUtil.getJavaTestDataPath() + "/codeInsight/jigsaw/multi-release.jar"
+    val libraryFile = LocalFileSystem.getInstance().refreshAndFindFileByIoFile(File(location))!!
+    val libClasses = JarFileSystem.getInstance().getJarRootForLocalFile(libraryFile)!!
+    val module = ModuleManager.getInstance(project).findModuleByName(MAIN.moduleName)!!
+    ApplicationManager.getApplication().runWriteAction {
+      val library = LibraryTablesRegistrar.getInstance().getLibraryTable(project).createLibrary("MultiReleaseLib")
+      val model = library.getModifiableModel()
+      model.addRoot(libClasses, OrderRootType.CLASSES)
+      model.commit()
+      ModuleRootModificationUtil.addDependency(module, library)
+    }
+
+    addFile("module-info.java", """
+      module my.module.name { 
+        requires org.example.multi.release.jar;
+      }""".trimIndent())
+
+    IdeaTestUtil.withLevel(module, LanguageLevel.JDK_1_9) {
+      highlight("Main.java", """
+      import <error descr="Package 'org.example.first' is declared in module 'org.example.multi.release.jar', which does not export it to module 'my.module.name'">org.example.first</error>.First;
+      import org.example.second.Second;
+      import <error descr="Package 'org.example.third' is declared in module 'org.example.multi.release.jar', which does not export it to module 'my.module.name'">org.example.third</error>.Third;
+
+        public class Main {
+        }""".trimIndent())
+    }
+
+    IdeaTestUtil.withLevel(module, LanguageLevel.JDK_11) {
+      highlight("Main.java", """
+        import <error descr="Package 'org.example.first' is declared in module 'org.example.multi.release.jar', which does not export it to module 'my.module.name'">org.example.first</error>.First;
+        import org.example.second.Second;
+        import <error descr="Package 'org.example.third' is declared in module 'org.example.multi.release.jar', which does not export it to module 'my.module.name'">org.example.third</error>.Third;
+
+        public class Main {
+        }""".trimIndent())
+    }
+
+    IdeaTestUtil.withLevel(module, LanguageLevel.JDK_17) {
+      highlight("Main.java", """
+        import <error descr="Package 'org.example.first' is declared in module 'org.example.multi.release.jar', which does not export it to module 'my.module.name'">org.example.first</error>.First;
+        import org.example.second.Second;
+        import <error descr="Package 'org.example.third' is declared in module 'org.example.multi.release.jar', which does not export it to module 'my.module.name'">org.example.third</error>.Third;
+        
+        public class Main {
+        }""".trimIndent())
+    }
+  }
+
   //<editor-fold desc="Helpers.">
   private fun highlight(text: String) = highlight("module-info.java", text)
 
@@ -1029,7 +1083,7 @@ class ModuleHighlightingTest : LightJava9ModulesCodeInsightFixtureTestCase() {
   private fun withInternalJdk(moduleDescriptor: ModuleDescriptor, level: LanguageLevel, block: () -> Unit) {
     val name = "INTERNAL_JDK_TEST"
 
-    val module = getInstance(project).findModuleByName(moduleDescriptor.moduleName)!!
+    val module = ModuleManager.getInstance(project).findModuleByName(moduleDescriptor.moduleName)!!
     try {
 
       WriteAction.runAndWait<RuntimeException?>(ThrowableRunnable {
@@ -1059,13 +1113,13 @@ class ModuleHighlightingTest : LightJava9ModulesCodeInsightFixtureTestCase() {
     val module = ModuleManager.getInstance(project).findModuleByName(moduleName) ?: return null
     val dummyRoot = VirtualFileManager.getInstance().findFileByUrl("temp:///") ?: return null
     dummyRoot.refresh(false, false)
-    val srcRoot = dummyRoot.createChildDirectory(this, "${srcPathPrefix}-${this.sourceRootName}");
+    val srcRoot = dummyRoot.createChildDirectory(this, "${srcPathPrefix}-${this.sourceRootName}")
     val tempFs: TempFileSystem = srcRoot.getFileSystem() as TempFileSystem
     for (child in srcRoot.getChildren()) {
       if (!tempFs.exists(child)) {
         tempFs.createChildFile(this, srcRoot, child.getName())
       }
-      child.delete(this);
+      child.delete(this)
     }
     ModuleRootModificationUtil.updateModel(module) { model ->
       model.addContentEntry(srcRoot).addSourceFolder(srcRoot, JavaSourceRootType.SOURCE)