diff --git a/docs/pages/release_notes.md b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
index da5e3ff13b..1a3ab6dc48 100644
--- a/docs/pages/release_notes.md
+++ b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ This is a {{ site.pmd.release_type }} release.
 * java
   * [#4912](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/4912): \[java] Unable to parse some Java9+ resource references
   * [#4973](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/4973): \[java] Stop parsing Java for CPD
+  * [#4988](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/4988): \[java] Fix impl of ASTVariableId::isResourceDeclaration / VariableId/@<!-- -->ResourceDeclaration
 * java-bestpractices
   * [#4278](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/4278): \[java] UnusedPrivateMethod FP with Junit 5 @MethodSource and default factory method name
   * [#4852](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/4852): \[java] ReplaceVectorWithList false-positive (neither Vector nor List usage) 
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/ast/ASTVariableId.java b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/ast/ASTVariableId.java
index e21de7a2b5..88f97fecfe 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/ast/ASTVariableId.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/ast/ASTVariableId.java
@@ -232,7 +232,8 @@ public final class ASTVariableId extends AbstractTypedSymbolDeclarator<JVariable
      * Returns true if this declarator id declares a resource in a try-with-resources statement.
      */
     public boolean isResourceDeclaration() {
-        return getParent() instanceof ASTResource;
+        // Resource/LocalVariableDeclaration/VariableDeclarator
+        return getParent().getParent().getParent() instanceof ASTResource;
     }
 
 
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/kotlin/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/ast/ASTTryStatementTest.kt b/pmd-java/src/test/kotlin/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/ast/ASTTryStatementTest.kt
index cd2a361d2c..ba6b63a95c 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/test/kotlin/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/ast/ASTTryStatementTest.kt
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/kotlin/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/ast/ASTTryStatementTest.kt
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ class ASTTryStatementTest : ParserTestSpec({
 
                                 classType("Foo")
                                 fromChild<ASTVariableDeclarator, ASTExpression> {
-                                    variableId("a")
+                                    variableId("a") {
+                                        it::isResourceDeclaration shouldBe true
+                                    }
                                     int(2)
                                 }
                             }
@@ -57,7 +59,9 @@ class ASTTryStatementTest : ParserTestSpec({
                                 }
                                 classType("Foo")
                                 fromChild<ASTVariableDeclarator, ASTExpression> {
-                                    variableId("a")
+                                    variableId("a") {
+                                        it::isResourceDeclaration shouldBe true
+                                    }
                                     int(2)
                                 }
                             }
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/ast/ParserCornerCases17.txt b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/ast/ParserCornerCases17.txt
index 1d588cc7f3..cfe179b90a 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/ast/ParserCornerCases17.txt
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/ast/ParserCornerCases17.txt
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@
          |     |  |        +- ModifierList[@EffectiveModifiers = "{final}", @ExplicitModifiers = "{}"]
          |     |  |        +- ClassType[@FullyQualified = false, @SimpleName = "BufferedReader"]
          |     |  |        +- VariableDeclarator[@Initializer = true, @Name = "br"]
-         |     |  |           +- VariableId[@ArrayType = false, @EffectiveVisibility = Visibility.V_LOCAL, @EnumConstant = false, @ExceptionBlockParameter = false, @Field = false, @Final = true, @ForLoopVariable = false, @ForeachVariable = false, @FormalParameter = false, @LambdaParameter = false, @LocalVariable = true, @Name = "br", @PatternBinding = false, @RecordComponent = false, @ResourceDeclaration = false, @Static = false, @TypeInferred = false, @Visibility = Visibility.V_LOCAL]
+         |     |  |           +- VariableId[@ArrayType = false, @EffectiveVisibility = Visibility.V_LOCAL, @EnumConstant = false, @ExceptionBlockParameter = false, @Field = false, @Final = true, @ForLoopVariable = false, @ForeachVariable = false, @FormalParameter = false, @LambdaParameter = false, @LocalVariable = false, @Name = "br", @PatternBinding = false, @RecordComponent = false, @ResourceDeclaration = true, @Static = false, @TypeInferred = false, @Visibility = Visibility.V_LOCAL]
          |     |  |           +- ConstructorCall[@AnonymousClass = false, @CompileTimeConstant = false, @DiamondTypeArgs = false, @MethodName = "new", @ParenthesisDepth = 0, @Parenthesized = false, @QualifiedInstanceCreation = false]
          |     |  |              +- ClassType[@FullyQualified = false, @SimpleName = "BufferedReader"]
          |     |  |              +- ArgumentList[@Empty = false, @Size = 1]
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@
          |        |  |     +- ModifierList[@EffectiveModifiers = "{final}", @ExplicitModifiers = "{}"]
          |        |  |     +- ClassType[@FullyQualified = true, @SimpleName = "ZipFile"]
          |        |  |     +- VariableDeclarator[@Initializer = true, @Name = "zf"]
-         |        |  |        +- VariableId[@ArrayType = false, @EffectiveVisibility = Visibility.V_LOCAL, @EnumConstant = false, @ExceptionBlockParameter = false, @Field = false, @Final = true, @ForLoopVariable = false, @ForeachVariable = false, @FormalParameter = false, @LambdaParameter = false, @LocalVariable = true, @Name = "zf", @PatternBinding = false, @RecordComponent = false, @ResourceDeclaration = false, @Static = false, @TypeInferred = false, @Visibility = Visibility.V_LOCAL]
+         |        |  |        +- VariableId[@ArrayType = false, @EffectiveVisibility = Visibility.V_LOCAL, @EnumConstant = false, @ExceptionBlockParameter = false, @Field = false, @Final = true, @ForLoopVariable = false, @ForeachVariable = false, @FormalParameter = false, @LambdaParameter = false, @LocalVariable = false, @Name = "zf", @PatternBinding = false, @RecordComponent = false, @ResourceDeclaration = true, @Static = false, @TypeInferred = false, @Visibility = Visibility.V_LOCAL]
          |        |  |        +- ConstructorCall[@AnonymousClass = false, @CompileTimeConstant = false, @DiamondTypeArgs = false, @MethodName = "new", @ParenthesisDepth = 0, @Parenthesized = false, @QualifiedInstanceCreation = false]
          |        |  |           +- ClassType[@FullyQualified = true, @SimpleName = "ZipFile"]
          |        |  |           +- ArgumentList[@Empty = false, @Size = 1]
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@
          |        |        +- ModifierList[@EffectiveModifiers = "{final}", @ExplicitModifiers = "{}"]
          |        |        +- ClassType[@FullyQualified = true, @SimpleName = "BufferedWriter"]
          |        |        +- VariableDeclarator[@Initializer = true, @Name = "writer"]
-         |        |           +- VariableId[@ArrayType = false, @EffectiveVisibility = Visibility.V_LOCAL, @EnumConstant = false, @ExceptionBlockParameter = false, @Field = false, @Final = true, @ForLoopVariable = false, @ForeachVariable = false, @FormalParameter = false, @LambdaParameter = false, @LocalVariable = true, @Name = "writer", @PatternBinding = false, @RecordComponent = false, @ResourceDeclaration = false, @Static = false, @TypeInferred = false, @Visibility = Visibility.V_LOCAL]
+         |        |           +- VariableId[@ArrayType = false, @EffectiveVisibility = Visibility.V_LOCAL, @EnumConstant = false, @ExceptionBlockParameter = false, @Field = false, @Final = true, @ForLoopVariable = false, @ForeachVariable = false, @FormalParameter = false, @LambdaParameter = false, @LocalVariable = false, @Name = "writer", @PatternBinding = false, @RecordComponent = false, @ResourceDeclaration = true, @Static = false, @TypeInferred = false, @Visibility = Visibility.V_LOCAL]
          |        |           +- MethodCall[@CompileTimeConstant = false, @Image = "newBufferedWriter", @MethodName = "newBufferedWriter", @ParenthesisDepth = 0, @Parenthesized = false]
          |        |              +- TypeExpression[@CompileTimeConstant = false, @ParenthesisDepth = 0, @Parenthesized = false]
          |        |              |  +- ClassType[@FullyQualified = true, @SimpleName = "Files"]
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/ast/jdkversiontests/java21p/Jep443_UnnamedPatternsAndVariables.txt b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/ast/jdkversiontests/java21p/Jep443_UnnamedPatternsAndVariables.txt
index 93734fdee0..43649b068b 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/ast/jdkversiontests/java21p/Jep443_UnnamedPatternsAndVariables.txt
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/ast/jdkversiontests/java21p/Jep443_UnnamedPatternsAndVariables.txt
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@
                |  |     +- LocalVariableDeclaration[@EffectiveVisibility = Visibility.V_LOCAL, @Final = true, @TypeInferred = true, @Visibility = Visibility.V_LOCAL]
                |  |        +- ModifierList[@EffectiveModifiers = "{final}", @ExplicitModifiers = "{}"]
                |  |        +- VariableDeclarator[@Initializer = true, @Name = "_"]
-               |  |           +- VariableId[@ArrayType = false, @EffectiveVisibility = Visibility.V_LOCAL, @EnumConstant = false, @ExceptionBlockParameter = false, @Field = false, @Final = true, @ForLoopVariable = false, @ForeachVariable = false, @FormalParameter = false, @LambdaParameter = false, @LocalVariable = true, @Name = "_", @PatternBinding = false, @RecordComponent = false, @ResourceDeclaration = false, @Static = false, @TypeInferred = true, @Visibility = Visibility.V_LOCAL]
+               |  |           +- VariableId[@ArrayType = false, @EffectiveVisibility = Visibility.V_LOCAL, @EnumConstant = false, @ExceptionBlockParameter = false, @Field = false, @Final = true, @ForLoopVariable = false, @ForeachVariable = false, @FormalParameter = false, @LambdaParameter = false, @LocalVariable = false, @Name = "_", @PatternBinding = false, @RecordComponent = false, @ResourceDeclaration = true, @Static = false, @TypeInferred = true, @Visibility = Visibility.V_LOCAL]
                |  |           +- MethodCall[@CompileTimeConstant = false, @Image = "acquire", @MethodName = "acquire", @ParenthesisDepth = 0, @Parenthesized = false]
                |  |              +- TypeExpression[@CompileTimeConstant = false, @ParenthesisDepth = 0, @Parenthesized = false]
                |  |              |  +- ClassType[@FullyQualified = false, @SimpleName = "ScopedContext"]
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/ast/jdkversiontests/java22/Jep456_UnnamedPatternsAndVariables.txt b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/ast/jdkversiontests/java22/Jep456_UnnamedPatternsAndVariables.txt
index c9f4bbc107..087e015c7d 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/ast/jdkversiontests/java22/Jep456_UnnamedPatternsAndVariables.txt
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/ast/jdkversiontests/java22/Jep456_UnnamedPatternsAndVariables.txt
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@
                |  |     +- LocalVariableDeclaration[@EffectiveVisibility = Visibility.V_LOCAL, @Final = true, @TypeInferred = true, @Visibility = Visibility.V_LOCAL]
                |  |        +- ModifierList[@EffectiveModifiers = "{final}", @ExplicitModifiers = "{}"]
                |  |        +- VariableDeclarator[@Initializer = true, @Name = "_"]
-               |  |           +- VariableId[@ArrayType = false, @EffectiveVisibility = Visibility.V_LOCAL, @EnumConstant = false, @ExceptionBlockParameter = false, @Field = false, @Final = true, @ForLoopVariable = false, @ForeachVariable = false, @FormalParameter = false, @LambdaParameter = false, @LocalVariable = true, @Name = "_", @PatternBinding = false, @RecordComponent = false, @ResourceDeclaration = false, @Static = false, @TypeInferred = true, @Visibility = Visibility.V_LOCAL]
+               |  |           +- VariableId[@ArrayType = false, @EffectiveVisibility = Visibility.V_LOCAL, @EnumConstant = false, @ExceptionBlockParameter = false, @Field = false, @Final = true, @ForLoopVariable = false, @ForeachVariable = false, @FormalParameter = false, @LambdaParameter = false, @LocalVariable = false, @Name = "_", @PatternBinding = false, @RecordComponent = false, @ResourceDeclaration = true, @Static = false, @TypeInferred = true, @Visibility = Visibility.V_LOCAL]
                |  |           +- MethodCall[@CompileTimeConstant = false, @Image = "acquire", @MethodName = "acquire", @ParenthesisDepth = 0, @Parenthesized = false]
                |  |              +- TypeExpression[@CompileTimeConstant = false, @ParenthesisDepth = 0, @Parenthesized = false]
                |  |              |  +- ClassType[@FullyQualified = false, @SimpleName = "ScopedContext"]