diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/archive_parser.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/archive_parser.go
index 026b7af4c..6653738db 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/archive_parser.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/archive_parser.go
@@ -263,21 +263,21 @@ func (j *archiveParser) guessMainPackageNameAndVersionFromPomInfo() (name, versi
 	pomMatches := j.fileManifest.GlobMatch(false, pomXMLGlob)
 	var pomPropertiesObject pkg.JavaPomProperties
 	var pomProjectObject *parsedPomProject
-	if len(pomPropertyMatches) == 1 || len(pomMatches) == 1 {
-		// we have exactly 1 pom.properties or pom.xml in the archive; assume it represents the
-		// package we're scanning if the names seem like a plausible match
-		properties, _ := pomPropertiesByParentPath(j.archivePath, j.location, pomPropertyMatches)
-		projects, _ := pomProjectByParentPath(j.archivePath, j.location, pomMatches)
 
-		for parentPath, propertiesObj := range properties {
-			if artifactIDMatchesFilename(propertiesObj.ArtifactID, j.fileInfo.name) {
-				pomPropertiesObject = propertiesObj
-				if proj, exists := projects[parentPath]; exists {
-					pomProjectObject = proj
-				}
+	// Find the pom.properties/pom.xml if the names seem like a plausible match
+	properties, _ := pomPropertiesByParentPath(j.archivePath, j.location, pomPropertyMatches)
+	projects, _ := pomProjectByParentPath(j.archivePath, j.location, pomMatches)
+
+	for parentPath, propertiesObj := range properties {
+		if artifactIDMatchesFilename(propertiesObj.ArtifactID, j.fileInfo.name) {
+			pomPropertiesObject = propertiesObj
+			if proj, exists := projects[parentPath]; exists {
+				pomProjectObject = proj
+				break
 			}
 		}
 	}
+
 	name = pomPropertiesObject.ArtifactID
 	if name == "" && pomProjectObject != nil {
 		name = pomProjectObject.ArtifactID
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/archive_parser_test.go b/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/archive_parser_test.go
index 40927d213..3d05fb868 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/archive_parser_test.go
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/archive_parser_test.go
@@ -1036,6 +1036,7 @@ func Test_parseJavaArchive_regressions(t *testing.T) {
 		fixtureName           string
 		expectedPkgs          []pkg.Package
 		expectedRelationships []artifact.Relationship
+		assignParent          bool
 		want                  bool
 	}{
 		{
@@ -1146,10 +1147,74 @@ func Test_parseJavaArchive_regressions(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name:         "multiple pom for parent selection regression (pr 2231)",
+			fixtureName:  "api-all-2.0.0-sources",
+			assignParent: true,
+			expectedPkgs: []pkg.Package{
+				{
+					Name:      "api-all",
+					Version:   "2.0.0",
+					Type:      pkg.JavaPkg,
+					Language:  pkg.Java,
+					PURL:      "pkg:maven/org.apache.directory.api/api-all@2.0.0",
+					Locations: file.NewLocationSet(file.NewLocation("test-fixtures/jar-metadata/cache/api-all-2.0.0-sources.jar")),
+					Metadata: pkg.JavaArchive{
+						VirtualPath: "test-fixtures/jar-metadata/cache/api-all-2.0.0-sources.jar",
+						Manifest: &pkg.JavaManifest{
+							Main: map[string]string{
+								"Build-Jdk":        "1.8.0_191",
+								"Built-By":         "elecharny",
+								"Created-By":       "Apache Maven 3.6.0",
+								"Manifest-Version": "1.0",
+							},
+						},
+						PomProperties: &pkg.JavaPomProperties{
+							Path:       "META-INF/maven/org.apache.directory.api/api-all/pom.properties",
+							GroupID:    "org.apache.directory.api",
+							ArtifactID: "api-all",
+							Version:    "2.0.0",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					Name:      "api-asn1-api",
+					Version:   "2.0.0",
+					PURL:      "pkg:maven/org.apache.directory.api/api-asn1-api@2.0.0",
+					Locations: file.NewLocationSet(file.NewLocation("test-fixtures/jar-metadata/cache/api-all-2.0.0-sources.jar")),
+					Type:      pkg.JavaPkg,
+					Language:  pkg.Java,
+					Metadata: pkg.JavaArchive{
+						VirtualPath: "test-fixtures/jar-metadata/cache/api-all-2.0.0-sources.jar:org.apache.directory.api:api-asn1-api",
+						PomProperties: &pkg.JavaPomProperties{
+							Path:       "META-INF/maven/org.apache.directory.api/api-asn1-api/pom.properties",
+							GroupID:    "org.apache.directory.api",
+							ArtifactID: "api-asn1-api",
+							Version:    "2.0.0",
+						},
+						PomProject: &pkg.JavaPomProject{
+							Path:        "META-INF/maven/org.apache.directory.api/api-asn1-api/pom.xml",
+							ArtifactID:  "api-asn1-api",
+							Name:        "Apache Directory API ASN.1 API",
+							Description: "ASN.1 API",
+							Parent: &pkg.JavaPomParent{
+								GroupID:    "org.apache.directory.api",
+								ArtifactID: "api-asn1-parent",
+								Version:    "2.0.0",
+							},
+						},
+						Parent: nil,
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			gap := newGenericArchiveParserAdapter(Config{})
+			if tt.assignParent {
+				assignParent(&tt.expectedPkgs[0], tt.expectedPkgs[1:]...)
+			}
 			pkgtest.NewCatalogTester().
 				FromFile(t, generateJavaMetadataJarFixture(t, tt.fixtureName)).
 				Expects(tt.expectedPkgs, tt.expectedRelationships).
@@ -1159,6 +1224,18 @@ func Test_parseJavaArchive_regressions(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func assignParent(parent *pkg.Package, childPackages ...pkg.Package) {
+	for i, jp := range childPackages {
+		if v, ok := jp.Metadata.(pkg.JavaArchive); ok {
+			parent := *parent
+			// PURL are not calculated after the fact for parent
+			parent.PURL = ""
+			v.Parent = &parent
+			childPackages[i].Metadata = v
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func generateJavaMetadataJarFixture(t *testing.T, fixtureName string) string {
 	fixturePath := filepath.Join("test-fixtures/jar-metadata/cache/", fixtureName+".jar")
 	if _, err := os.Stat(fixturePath); !os.IsNotExist(err) {
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/test-fixtures/jar-metadata/Makefile b/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/test-fixtures/jar-metadata/Makefile
index 6f2398820..1fd78b446 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/test-fixtures/jar-metadata/Makefile
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/test-fixtures/jar-metadata/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ CACHE_PATH = $(shell pwd)/cache
 
 JACKSON_CORE = jackson-core-2.15.2
 SBT_JACKSON_CORE = com.fasterxml.jackson.core.jackson-core-2.15.2
+API_ALL_SOURCES = api-all-2.0.0-sources
 
 $(CACHE_DIR):
 	mkdir -p $(CACHE_DIR)
@@ -12,3 +13,6 @@ $(CACHE_DIR)/$(JACKSON_CORE).jar: $(CACHE_DIR)
 
 $(CACHE_DIR)/$(SBT_JACKSON_CORE).jar: $(CACHE_DIR)
 	cd $(SBT_JACKSON_CORE) && zip -r $(CACHE_PATH)/$(SBT_JACKSON_CORE).jar .
+
+$(CACHE_DIR)/$(API_ALL_SOURCES).jar: $(CACHE_DIR)
+	cd $(API_ALL_SOURCES) && zip -r $(CACHE_PATH)/$(API_ALL_SOURCES).jar .
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/test-fixtures/jar-metadata/README.md b/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/test-fixtures/jar-metadata/README.md
index dfb2a3489..c3e3fcc52 100644
--- a/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/test-fixtures/jar-metadata/README.md
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/test-fixtures/jar-metadata/README.md
@@ -3,3 +3,11 @@
 Each directory is the name of a jar to be created (simply a zip) based on the contents of the directory.
 This prevents us from having to create real jars by hand or keep binaries in the repo. This also means we dont need the
 entire jar, only the necessary metadata for testing.
+
+### api-all-2.0.0-sources
+This fixture is built to simulate the case where we have a jar with multiple pom files discovered when trying to determine the parent.
+This is a valid case, but not one that we covered before [PR 2231](https://github.com/anchore/syft/pull/2231)
+
+### jackson-core-2.15.2
+These two fixtures are built to simulate the case where we would have a duplicate jar 
+regression as seen in [issue #2130](https://github.com/anchore/syft/issues/2130)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/test-fixtures/jar-metadata/api-all-2.0.0-sources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/test-fixtures/jar-metadata/api-all-2.0.0-sources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c303943c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/test-fixtures/jar-metadata/api-all-2.0.0-sources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Manifest-Version: 1.0
+Built-By: elecharny
+Created-By: Apache Maven 3.6.0
+Build-Jdk: 1.8.0_191
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/test-fixtures/jar-metadata/api-all-2.0.0-sources/META-INF/maven/org.apache.directory.api/api-all/pom.properties b/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/test-fixtures/jar-metadata/api-all-2.0.0-sources/META-INF/maven/org.apache.directory.api/api-all/pom.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a409e2fef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/test-fixtures/jar-metadata/api-all-2.0.0-sources/META-INF/maven/org.apache.directory.api/api-all/pom.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#Created by Apache Maven 3.6.0
+version=2.0.0
+groupId=org.apache.directory.api
+artifactId=api-all
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/test-fixtures/jar-metadata/api-all-2.0.0-sources/META-INF/maven/org.apache.directory.api/api-all/pom.xml b/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/test-fixtures/jar-metadata/api-all-2.0.0-sources/META-INF/maven/org.apache.directory.api/api-all/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3726550be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/test-fixtures/jar-metadata/api-all-2.0.0-sources/META-INF/maven/org.apache.directory.api/api-all/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  distributed with this work for additional information
+  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  under the License.
+-->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.apache.directory.api</groupId>
+        <artifactId>api-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>2.0.0</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>api-all</artifactId>
+    <name>Apache Directory API All</name>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>api-asn1-api</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>api-asn1-ber</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>api-dsml-engine</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>api-dsml-parser</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>api-i18n</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>api-ldap-client-api</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>api-ldap-codec-core</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>api-ldap-codec-standalone</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>api-ldap-extras-aci</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>api-ldap-extras-codec</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>api-ldap-extras-codec-api</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>api-ldap-extras-sp</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>api-ldap-extras-trigger</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>api-ldap-extras-util</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>api-ldap-model</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>api-ldap-net-mina</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>api-ldap-schema-converter</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>api-ldap-schema-data</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>api-util</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <phase>package</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>shade</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <artifactSet>
+                                <includes>
+                                    <include>${project.groupId}</include>
+                                </includes>
+                            </artifactSet>
+                            <promoteTransitiveDependencies>true</promoteTransitiveDependencies>
+                            <createSourcesJar>true</createSourcesJar>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/test-fixtures/jar-metadata/api-all-2.0.0-sources/META-INF/maven/org.apache.directory.api/api-asn1-api/pom.properties b/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/test-fixtures/jar-metadata/api-all-2.0.0-sources/META-INF/maven/org.apache.directory.api/api-asn1-api/pom.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec2a06fa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/test-fixtures/jar-metadata/api-all-2.0.0-sources/META-INF/maven/org.apache.directory.api/api-asn1-api/pom.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#Created by Apache Maven 3.6.0
+version=2.0.0
+groupId=org.apache.directory.api
+artifactId=api-asn1-api
diff --git a/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/test-fixtures/jar-metadata/api-all-2.0.0-sources/META-INF/maven/org.apache.directory.api/api-asn1-api/pom.xml b/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/test-fixtures/jar-metadata/api-all-2.0.0-sources/META-INF/maven/org.apache.directory.api/api-asn1-api/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a57cda8e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/test-fixtures/jar-metadata/api-all-2.0.0-sources/META-INF/maven/org.apache.directory.api/api-asn1-api/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+  or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+  distributed with this work for additional information
+  regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+  "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+  software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+  "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+  KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+  specific language governing permissions and limitations
+  under the License.
+-->
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.apache.directory.api</groupId>
+    <artifactId>api-asn1-parent</artifactId>
+    <version>2.0.0</version>
+  </parent>
+  
+  <artifactId>api-asn1-api</artifactId>
+  <name>Apache Directory API ASN.1 API</name>
+  <packaging>bundle</packaging>
+
+  <description>ASN.1 API</description>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>api-i18n</artifactId>
+    </dependency> 
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <archive>
+            <manifestFile>META-INF/MANIFEST.MF</manifestFile>
+            <addMavenDescriptor>false</addMavenDescriptor>
+          </archive>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
+        <inherited>true</inherited>
+        <extensions>true</extensions>
+        <configuration>
+          <manifestLocation>META-INF</manifestLocation>
+          <instructions>
+            <Bundle-SymbolicName>${project.groupId}.asn1.api</Bundle-SymbolicName>
+            <Export-Package>
+              org.apache.directory.api.asn1;version=${project.version};-noimport:=true,
+              org.apache.directory.api.asn1.util;version=${project.version};-noimport:=true
+            </Export-Package>
+            <Import-Package>
+              org.apache.directory.api.i18n;version=${project.version}
+            </Import-Package>
+          </instructions>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>