diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-versions.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-versions.yml
index 1f9d6e77..8b9e1119 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-versions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-versions.yml
@@ -288,19 +288,23 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os: [macos-latest, windows-latest, ubuntu-latest]
         distribution: ['temurin', 'microsoft', 'corretto']
+        java-version-file: ['.java-version', '.tool-versions']
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Create .java-version file
         shell: bash
         run: echo "8" > .java-version
+      - name: Create .tool-versions file
+        shell: bash
+        run: echo "java 8" > .tool-versions
       - name: setup-java
         uses: ./
         id: setup-java
         with:
           distribution: ${{ matrix.distribution }}
           java-version: 11
-          java-version-file: '.java-version'
+          java-version-file: ${{matrix.java-version-file }}
       - name: Verify Java
         run: bash __tests__/verify-java.sh "11" "${{ steps.setup-java.outputs.path }}"
         shell: bash
@@ -313,18 +317,22 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os: [macos-latest, windows-latest, ubuntu-latest]
         distribution: ['temurin', 'zulu', 'liberica', 'microsoft', 'corretto']
+        java-version-file: ['.java-version', '.tool-versions']
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Create .java-version file
         shell: bash
         run: echo "11" > .java-version
+      - name: Create .tool-versions file
+        shell: bash
+        run: echo "java 11" > .tool-versions
       - name: setup-java
         uses: ./
         id: setup-java
         with:
           distribution: ${{ matrix.distribution }}
-          java-version-file: '.java-version'
+          java-version-file: ${{matrix.java-version-file }}
       - name: Verify Java
         run: bash __tests__/verify-java.sh "11" "${{ steps.setup-java.outputs.path }}"
         shell: bash
@@ -337,18 +345,22 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os: [macos-latest, windows-latest, ubuntu-latest]
         distribution: ['adopt', 'adopt-openj9', 'zulu']
+        java-version-file: ['.java-version', '.tool-versions']
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Create .java-version file
         shell: bash
         run: echo "11.0.2" > .java-version
+      - name: Create .tool-versions file
+        shell: bash
+        run: echo "java 11.0.2" > .tool-versions
       - name: setup-java
         uses: ./
         id: setup-java
         with:
           distribution: ${{ matrix.distribution }}
-          java-version-file: '.java-version'
+          java-version-file: ${{matrix.java-version-file }}
       - name: Verify Java
         run: bash __tests__/verify-java.sh "11.0.2" "${{ steps.setup-java.outputs.path }}"
         shell: bash
@@ -361,18 +373,22 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os: [macos-latest, windows-latest, ubuntu-latest]
         distribution: ['adopt', 'zulu', 'liberica']
+        java-version-file: ['.java-version', '.tool-versions']
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Create .java-version file
         shell: bash
         run: echo "openjdk64-11.0.2" > .java-version
+      - name: Create .tool-versions file
+        shell: bash
+        run: echo "java openjdk64-11.0.2" > .tool-versions
       - name: setup-java
         uses: ./
         id: setup-java
         with:
           distribution: ${{ matrix.distribution }}
-          java-version-file: '.java-version'
+          java-version-file: ${{matrix.java-version-file }}
       - name: Verify Java
         run: bash __tests__/verify-java.sh "11.0.2" "${{ steps.setup-java.outputs.path }}"
         shell: bash
diff --git a/dist/cleanup/index.js b/dist/cleanup/index.js
index 971673a5..f8989c28 100644
--- a/dist/cleanup/index.js
+++ b/dist/cleanup/index.js
@@ -87887,9 +87887,18 @@ function isCacheFeatureAvailable() {
     return false;
 }
 exports.isCacheFeatureAvailable = isCacheFeatureAvailable;
-function getVersionFromFileContent(content, distributionName) {
+function getVersionFromFileContent(content, distributionName, versionFile) {
     var _a, _b, _c, _d, _e;
-    const javaVersionRegExp = /(?<version>(?<=(^|\s|-))(\d+\S*))(\s|$)/;
+    let javaVersionRegExp;
+    if (versionFile == '.tool-versions') {
+        javaVersionRegExp = /^java\s+(?:\S+-)?v?(?<version>[^\s]+)$/m;
+    }
+    else if (versionFile == '.java-version') {
+        javaVersionRegExp = /(?<version>(?<=(^|\s|-))(\d+\S*))(\s|$)/;
+    }
+    else {
+        throw new Error('Invalid version file');
+    }
     const fileContent = ((_b = (_a = content.match(javaVersionRegExp)) === null || _a === void 0 ? void 0 : _a.groups) === null || _b === void 0 ? void 0 : _b.version)
         ? (_d = (_c = content.match(javaVersionRegExp)) === null || _c === void 0 ? void 0 : _c.groups) === null || _d === void 0 ? void 0 : _d.version
         : '';
diff --git a/dist/setup/index.js b/dist/setup/index.js
index f8c70dab..bcc80163 100644
--- a/dist/setup/index.js
+++ b/dist/setup/index.js
@@ -124907,7 +124907,7 @@ function run() {
             if (!versions.length) {
                 core.debug('java-version input is empty, looking for java-version-file input');
                 const content = fs_1.default.readFileSync(versionFile).toString().trim();
-                const version = (0, util_1.getVersionFromFileContent)(content, distributionName);
+                const version = (0, util_1.getVersionFromFileContent)(content, distributionName, versionFile);
                 core.debug(`Parsed version from file '${version}'`);
                 if (!version) {
                     throw new Error(`No supported version was found in file ${versionFile}`);
@@ -125261,9 +125261,18 @@ function isCacheFeatureAvailable() {
     return false;
 }
 exports.isCacheFeatureAvailable = isCacheFeatureAvailable;
-function getVersionFromFileContent(content, distributionName) {
+function getVersionFromFileContent(content, distributionName, versionFile) {
     var _a, _b, _c, _d, _e;
-    const javaVersionRegExp = /(?<version>(?<=(^|\s|-))(\d+\S*))(\s|$)/;
+    let javaVersionRegExp;
+    if (versionFile == '.tool-versions') {
+        javaVersionRegExp = /^java\s+(?:\S+-)?v?(?<version>[^\s]+)$/m;
+    }
+    else if (versionFile == '.java-version') {
+        javaVersionRegExp = /(?<version>(?<=(^|\s|-))(\d+\S*))(\s|$)/;
+    }
+    else {
+        throw new Error('Invalid version file');
+    }
     const fileContent = ((_b = (_a = content.match(javaVersionRegExp)) === null || _a === void 0 ? void 0 : _a.groups) === null || _b === void 0 ? void 0 : _b.version)
         ? (_d = (_c = content.match(javaVersionRegExp)) === null || _c === void 0 ? void 0 : _c.groups) === null || _d === void 0 ? void 0 : _d.version
         : '';
diff --git a/src/setup-java.ts b/src/setup-java.ts
index 35a315df..73baf33a 100644
--- a/src/setup-java.ts
+++ b/src/setup-java.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,11 @@ async function run() {
       );
       const content = fs.readFileSync(versionFile).toString().trim();
 
-      const version = getVersionFromFileContent(content, distributionName);
+      const version = getVersionFromFileContent(
+        content,
+        distributionName,
+        versionFile
+      );
       core.debug(`Parsed version from file '${version}'`);
 
       if (!version) {
diff --git a/src/util.ts b/src/util.ts
index 94be2347..4f4616e4 100644
--- a/src/util.ts
+++ b/src/util.ts
@@ -115,9 +115,18 @@ export function isCacheFeatureAvailable(): boolean {
 
 export function getVersionFromFileContent(
   content: string,
-  distributionName: string
+  distributionName: string,
+  versionFile: string
 ): string | null {
-  const javaVersionRegExp = /(?<version>(?<=(^|\s|-))(\d+\S*))(\s|$)/;
+  let javaVersionRegExp: RegExp;
+  if (versionFile == '.tool-versions') {
+    javaVersionRegExp = /^java\s+(?:\S+-)?v?(?<version>[^\s]+)$/m;
+  } else if (versionFile == '.java-version') {
+    javaVersionRegExp = /(?<version>(?<=(^|\s|-))(\d+\S*))(\s|$)/;
+  } else {
+    throw new Error('Invalid version file');
+  }
+
   const fileContent = content.match(javaVersionRegExp)?.groups?.version
     ? (content.match(javaVersionRegExp)?.groups?.version as string)
     : '';