diff --git a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/index/IndexingUtil.java b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/index/IndexingUtil.java
index 7a573e3b77f62..d0d4cbee7f08b 100644
--- a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/index/IndexingUtil.java
+++ b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/index/IndexingUtil.java
@@ -257,13 +257,13 @@ public Index apply(PathVisit visit) {
             }
             try (InputStream in = Files.newInputStream(visit.getPath())) {
                 IndexReader reader = new IndexReader(in);
-                if (reader.getIndexVersion() < REQUIRED_INDEX_VERSION) {
-                    log.warnf(
-                            "Re-indexing %s - at least Jandex 2.1 must be used to index an application dependency",
-                            visit.getPath());
-                    return null;
-                }
                 try {
+                    if (reader.getIndexVersion() < REQUIRED_INDEX_VERSION) {
+                        log.warnf(
+                                "Re-indexing %s - at least Jandex 2.1 must be used to index an application dependency",
+                                visit.getPath());
+                        return null;
+                    }
                     return reader.read();
                 } catch (UnsupportedVersion e) {
                     throw new UnsupportedVersion(