diff --git a/src/detectors/Java/JavaLanguageDetector.ts b/src/detectors/Java/JavaLanguageDetector.ts
index a24fbeb78..491743979 100644
--- a/src/detectors/Java/JavaLanguageDetector.ts
+++ b/src/detectors/Java/JavaLanguageDetector.ts
@@ -19,19 +19,21 @@ export class JavaLanguageDetector implements ILanguageDetector {
     const result: LanguageAtPath[] = [];
     let packageFiles: Metadata[] = await this.fileInspector.scanFor(fileNameRegExp('pom.xml'), '/');
     const isMaven: boolean = packageFiles.length > 0;
-    const hasKtFiles = (await this.fileInspector.scanFor(fileExtensionRegExp(['kt', 'kts']), '/')).length > 0;
+    const ktFiles: Metadata[] = await this.fileInspector.scanFor(fileExtensionRegExp(['kt', 'kts']), '/');
+    const hasKtFiles = ktFiles.length > 0;
     if (!isMaven) {
       packageFiles = await this.fileInspector.scanFor(fileNameRegExp('build.gradle'), '/');
     }
     if (packageFiles.length > 0) {
       for (const path of packageFiles.map((file) => nodePath.dirname(file.path))) {
-        result.push({ language: ProgrammingLanguage.Java, path });
+        result.push({ language: hasKtFiles ? ProgrammingLanguage.Kotlin : ProgrammingLanguage.Java, path });
       }
     } else {
-      const javaOrKtFiles: Metadata[] = await this.fileInspector.scanFor(fileExtensionRegExp(['java', 'kt', 'kts']), '/');
-      if (javaOrKtFiles.length === 0) {
+      const javaFiles: Metadata[] = await this.fileInspector.scanFor(fileExtensionRegExp(['java']), '/');
+      if (javaFiles.length === 0 && ktFiles.length === 0) {
         return result;
       }
+      const javaOrKtFiles = javaFiles.concat(ktFiles);
       const dirsWithProjects = uniq(javaOrKtFiles.map((f) => nodePath.dirname(f.path)));
       const commonPath = sharedSubpath(dirsWithProjects);
       result.push({ language: hasKtFiles ? ProgrammingLanguage.Kotlin : ProgrammingLanguage.Java, path: commonPath });