diff --git a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/lang/var/UseVarForGenericMethodInvocations.java b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/lang/var/UseVarForGenericMethodInvocations.java
index f8990a5e2f..2909bc73cf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/lang/var/UseVarForGenericMethodInvocations.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/lang/var/UseVarForGenericMethodInvocations.java
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ private J.MethodInvocation makeNestedGenericsExplicit(J.MethodInvocation mi, J.V
             }
 
             // Add explicit type parameters when the method is generic and the return type's type parameter matches a type parameter from the declaring class
-            if (mi.getTypeParameters() == null && mi.getMethodType() != null && containsGenericTypeVariable(mi.getMethodType().getReturnType())) {
+            if (mi.getTypeParameters() == null && mi.getMethodType() != null && containsGenericTypeVariable(mi.getMethodType().getReturnType()) && !containsWildcard(leftTypeParams)) {
                 // Create JRightPadded list from leftTypeParams
                 List<JRightPadded<Expression>> typeParamsList = new ArrayList<>();
                 for (Expression typeParam : leftTypeParams) {
@@ -141,6 +141,15 @@ private J.MethodInvocation makeNestedGenericsExplicit(J.MethodInvocation mi, J.V
             }));
         }
 
+        private static boolean containsWildcard(List<Expression> typeParams) {
+            for (Expression typeParam : typeParams) {
+                if (typeParam instanceof J.Wildcard) {
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
+
         private boolean containsGenericTypeVariable(JavaType type) {
             if (type instanceof JavaType.GenericTypeVariable) {
                 return true;
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/lang/var/UseVarForGenericMethodInvocationsTest.java b/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/lang/var/UseVarForGenericMethodInvocationsTest.java
index 0d56e51a8a..86061f3b52 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/lang/var/UseVarForGenericMethodInvocationsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/lang/var/UseVarForGenericMethodInvocationsTest.java
@@ -425,6 +425,32 @@ void m() {
             );
         }
 
+        @Test
+        void wildcardTypeParameterNoExplicitTypeArgument() {
+            //language=java
+            rewriteRun(
+              version(
+                java(
+                  """
+                    class A {
+                      void m(ClassLoader cl) throws Exception {
+                          Class<?> recipeClass = cl.loadClass("java.lang.String");
+                      }
+                    }
+                    """,
+                  """
+                    class A {
+                      void m(ClassLoader cl) throws Exception {
+                          var recipeClass = cl.loadClass("java.lang.String");
+                      }
+                    }
+                    """
+                ),
+                10
+              )
+            );
+        }
+
         @Issue("https://github.com/openrewrite/rewrite-migrate-java/issues/868")
         @Test
         void genericsCollectorsRegression() {