diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/projectRoots/impl/SdkmanrcConfigurationProvider.kt b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/projectRoots/impl/SdkmanrcConfigurationProvider.kt
index ddcad62d6018..3522e828ea84 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/projectRoots/impl/SdkmanrcConfigurationProvider.kt
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/projectRoots/impl/SdkmanrcConfigurationProvider.kt
@@ -14,16 +14,35 @@ public data class SdkmanReleaseData(val target: String,
                                     val flavour: String? = null,
                                     val vendor: String? = null) : JdkReleaseData {
   public companion object {
-    private val regex: Regex = Regex("(\\d+(?:\\.\\d+)*)(?:\\.([^-]+))?-?(\\S*)?")
+    private val versionRegex: Regex = Regex("\\d+(?:\\.\\d+)*")
+    private val vendorRegex: Regex = Regex("[a-z]+")
 
+    /**
+     * Parses a SDKMAN! java candidate identifier, as listed by `sdk list java`.
+     *
+     * An identifier consists of a dot-separated [version], an optional [flavour] holding the remaining
+     * qualifiers and build metadata (`fx`, `ea.11`, `hs`, `+1.1`, `r25`, ...),
+     * and an optional [vendor] suffix separated by the last `-`.
+     *
+     * For example: `8.0.504-amzn`, `28.0.0+ea.11-open`, `25.0.4-fx+1.1-librca`, `16.0.1.hs-adpt`.
+     */
     public fun parse(text: String): SdkmanReleaseData? {
-      val matchResult = regex.matchEntire(text) ?: return null
-      return SdkmanReleaseData(
-        text,
-        matchResult.groups[1]?.value ?: return null,
-        matchResult.groups[2]?.value,
-        matchResult.groups[3]?.value
-      )
+      if (text.isEmpty() || !text[0].isDigit()) return null
+
+      var rest = text
+      var vendor: String? = null
+      val separatorIndex = text.lastIndexOf('-')
+      if (separatorIndex > 0) {
+        val suffix = text.substring(separatorIndex + 1)
+        if (vendorRegex.matches(suffix)) {
+          vendor = suffix
+          rest = text.substring(0, separatorIndex)
+        }
+      }
+
+      val version = versionRegex.matchAt(rest, 0)?.value ?: return null
+      val flavour = rest.substring(version.length).trimStart('.', '-', '+').takeIf { it.isNotEmpty() }
+      return SdkmanReleaseData(text, version, flavour, vendor)
     }
   }
 
@@ -39,14 +58,14 @@ public data class SdkmanReleaseData(val target: String,
       "graalce" -> JdkVersionDetector.Variant.GraalVMCE
       "jbr" -> JdkVersionDetector.Variant.JBR
       "kona" -> JdkVersionDetector.Variant.Kona
-      "librca" -> JdkVersionDetector.Variant.Liberica
+      "librca", "librcafx", "nik" -> JdkVersionDetector.Variant.Liberica
       "ms" -> JdkVersionDetector.Variant.Microsoft
       "oracle" -> JdkVersionDetector.Variant.Oracle
       "open" -> JdkVersionDetector.Variant.Oracle
       "sapmchn" -> JdkVersionDetector.Variant.SapMachine
       "sem" -> JdkVersionDetector.Variant.Semeru
       "tem" -> JdkVersionDetector.Variant.Temurin
-      "zulu" -> JdkVersionDetector.Variant.Zulu
+      "zulu", "zulufx" -> JdkVersionDetector.Variant.Zulu
       else -> JdkVersionDetector.Variant.Unknown
   }
 }
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/projectRoots/impl/SdkmanrcWatcherTest.kt b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/projectRoots/impl/SdkmanrcWatcherTest.kt
index 82455994fc5d..ae847cbf2a9c 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/projectRoots/impl/SdkmanrcWatcherTest.kt
+++ b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/projectRoots/impl/SdkmanrcWatcherTest.kt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import com.intellij.platform.util.coroutines.childScope
 import com.intellij.testFramework.UsefulTestCase
 import kotlinx.coroutines.cancel
 import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
+import org.jetbrains.jps.model.java.JdkVersionDetector
 
 class SdkmanrcWatcherHeavyTests : ExternalJavaConfigurationTest() {
   override val mockJdkVersions: List<String> = listOf(
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ class SdkmanrcWatcherLightTests : UsefulTestCase() {
 
   fun `test candidates parsing`() {
     assertEquals(SdkmanReleaseData.parse("8"),
-                 SdkmanReleaseData("8", "8", null, ""))
+                 SdkmanReleaseData("8", "8", null, null))
 
     assertEquals(SdkmanReleaseData.parse("19-zulu"),
                  SdkmanReleaseData("19-zulu", "19", null, "zulu"))
@@ -53,6 +54,60 @@ class SdkmanrcWatcherLightTests : UsefulTestCase() {
                  SdkmanReleaseData("16.0.1.hs-adpt", "16.0.1", "hs", "adpt"))
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Identifiers as printed by `sdk list java`.
+   */
+  fun `test identifiers parsing`() {
+    assertEquals(SdkmanReleaseData.parse("21.0.12+1.1-tem"),
+                 SdkmanReleaseData("21.0.12+1.1-tem", "21.0.12", "1.1", "tem"))
+
+    assertEquals(SdkmanReleaseData.parse("28.0.0+ea.11-open"),
+                 SdkmanReleaseData("28.0.0+ea.11-open", "28.0.0", "ea.11", "open"))
+
+    assertEquals(SdkmanReleaseData.parse("26.0.2-fx+1.1-librca"),
+                 SdkmanReleaseData("26.0.2-fx+1.1-librca", "26.0.2", "fx+1.1", "librca"))
+
+    assertEquals(SdkmanReleaseData.parse("26.0.2.fx-zulu"),
+                 SdkmanReleaseData("26.0.2.fx-zulu", "26.0.2", "fx", "zulu"))
+
+    assertEquals(SdkmanReleaseData.parse("11.0.14.1-jbr"),
+                 SdkmanReleaseData("11.0.14.1-jbr", "11.0.14.1", null, "jbr"))
+
+    assertEquals(SdkmanReleaseData.parse("25.0.4+1.1.r25-nik"),
+                 SdkmanReleaseData("25.0.4+1.1.r25-nik", "25.0.4", "1.1.r25", "nik"))
+
+    assertEquals(SdkmanReleaseData.parse("8.0.504+1-librca"),
+                 SdkmanReleaseData("8.0.504+1-librca", "8.0.504", "1", "librca"))
+
+    assertNull(SdkmanReleaseData.parse("current"))
+  }
+
+  fun `test identifiers versions and variants`() {
+    for ((identifier, expected) in mapOf(
+      "26.0.2-amzn" to (JdkVersionDetector.Variant.Corretto to 26),
+      "25.2.4-graalce" to (JdkVersionDetector.Variant.GraalVMCE to 25),
+      "25.0.4-graal" to (JdkVersionDetector.Variant.GraalVM to 25),
+      "28.0.0+ea.11-open" to (JdkVersionDetector.Variant.Oracle to 28),
+      "25.0.4-jbr" to (JdkVersionDetector.Variant.JBR to 25),
+      "26.0.2-fx+1.1-librca" to (JdkVersionDetector.Variant.Liberica to 26),
+      "25.0.4+1.1.r25-nik" to (JdkVersionDetector.Variant.Liberica to 25),
+      "25.0.4+1-ms" to (JdkVersionDetector.Variant.Microsoft to 25),
+      "26.0.2-oracle" to (JdkVersionDetector.Variant.Oracle to 26),
+      "26.0.2+1-sapmchn" to (JdkVersionDetector.Variant.SapMachine to 26),
+      "26.0.2-sem" to (JdkVersionDetector.Variant.Semeru to 26),
+      "21.0.12+1.1-tem" to (JdkVersionDetector.Variant.Temurin to 21),
+      "25.0.4+1-kona" to (JdkVersionDetector.Variant.Kona to 25),
+      "26.0.2+1.1-zulu" to (JdkVersionDetector.Variant.Zulu to 26),
+      "8.0.504+1-librca" to (JdkVersionDetector.Variant.Liberica to 8),
+    )) {
+      val releaseData = SdkmanReleaseData.parse(identifier)
+      assertNotNull("$identifier is not parsed", releaseData)
+      val (variant, feature) = expected
+      assertEquals("$identifier is not parsed as $variant", variant, releaseData!!.variant)
+      assertEquals("$identifier is not parsed as Java $feature", feature, releaseData.javaVersion?.feature)
+    }
+  }
+
   fun `test candidates matching`() {
     for ((candidate, version) in mapOf(
       "11.0.11.hs-adpt" to "AdoptOpenJDK (HotSpot) 11.0.11",