diff --git a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/lombok/LombokValToFinalVar.java b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/lombok/LombokValToFinalVar.java
index 821f9c2f94..39b8c3cc1b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/lombok/LombokValToFinalVar.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/lombok/LombokValToFinalVar.java
@@ -99,7 +99,9 @@ public J.VariableDeclarations visitVariableDeclarations(J.VariableDeclarations m
                     return varDecls.withTypeExpression(varType);
                 }
 
-                if (varDecls.getModifiers().stream().noneMatch(m -> m.getType() == J.Modifier.Type.Final)) {
+                // Resources of a try-with-resources statement are implicitly final
+                boolean implicitlyFinal = getCursor().getParentTreeCursor().getValue() instanceof J.Try.Resource;
+                if (!implicitlyFinal && varDecls.getModifiers().stream().noneMatch(m -> m.getType() == J.Modifier.Type.Final)) {
                     varDecls = varDecls.withModifiers(ListUtils.concat(
                             new J.Modifier(Tree.randomId(), typeExpression.getPrefix(), Markers.EMPTY,
                                     null, J.Modifier.Type.Final, emptyList()),
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/lombok/LombokValToFinalVarTest.java b/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/lombok/LombokValToFinalVarTest.java
index 2a215d0316..4385750983 100755
--- a/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/lombok/LombokValToFinalVarTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/lombok/LombokValToFinalVarTest.java
@@ -129,6 +129,41 @@ public Function<String, String[]> bar(Function<String, String> keySelector) {
         );
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void doNotUseFinal_TryWithResources_statement() {
+        //language=java
+        rewriteRun(
+          version(
+            java(
+              """
+                import java.io.StringWriter;
+                import lombok.val;
+
+                class A {
+                    public void foo(String aaa) {
+                        try (val writer = new StringWriter()) {
+                            writer.append(aaa);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                """,
+              """
+                import java.io.StringWriter;
+
+                class A {
+                    public void foo(String aaa) {
+                        try (var writer = new StringWriter()) {
+                            writer.append(aaa);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                """
+            ),
+            17
+          )
+        );
+    }
+
     @Test
     void preserveStarImport() {
         //language=java