diff --git a/rewrite-java-tck/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/tree/JavadocTest.java b/rewrite-java-tck/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/tree/JavadocTest.java
index 765f6af020..4dbce6c7bf 100644
--- a/rewrite-java-tck/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/tree/JavadocTest.java
+++ b/rewrite-java-tck/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/tree/JavadocTest.java
@@ -224,6 +224,24 @@ class Test {
         );
     }
 
+    @Issue("https://github.com/moderneinc/customer-requests/issues/2277")
+    @Test
+    void htmlCommentNestedAfterVersionTag() {
+        rewriteRun(
+          java(
+            """
+              /**
+              * @version 0.1
+              *    <!-- xml comment nested
+              *       * [someAuthor] fixed something
+              *    -->
+              **/
+              class Test {}
+              """
+          )
+        );
+    }
+
     // docRoot
     @Test
     void docRoot() {