diff --git a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/staticanalysis/UseTryWithResources.java b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/staticanalysis/UseTryWithResources.java
index 9405fb53d..99b92d069 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/staticanalysis/UseTryWithResources.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/staticanalysis/UseTryWithResources.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import org.openrewrite.internal.ListUtils;
 import org.openrewrite.java.JavaIsoVisitor;
 import org.openrewrite.java.MethodMatcher;
+import org.openrewrite.java.marker.JavaVersion;
 import org.openrewrite.java.search.SemanticallyEqual;
 import org.openrewrite.java.search.UsesJavaVersion;
 import org.openrewrite.java.tree.*;
@@ -69,6 +70,10 @@ public TreeVisitor<?, ExecutionContext> getVisitor() {
                     public J.Block visitBlock(J.Block block, ExecutionContext ctx) {
                         J.Block b = super.visitBlock(block, ctx);
                         List<Statement> stmts = b.getStatements();
+                        boolean unnamedAvailable = getCursor().firstEnclosingOrThrow(JavaSourceFile.class)
+                                .getMarkers().findFirst(JavaVersion.class)
+                                .filter(v -> v.getMajorVersion() >= 21)
+                                .isPresent();
                         return b.withStatements(ListUtils.map(stmts, (i, stmt) -> {
                             if (stmt instanceof J.Try) {
                                 J.Try tryStmt = (J.Try) stmt;
@@ -81,7 +86,7 @@ public J.Block visitBlock(J.Block block, ExecutionContext ctx) {
                                         if (usedAfter) {
                                             return transformJava9(prevDecl, tryStmt);
                                         }
-                                        return transform(prevDecl, tryStmt);
+                                        return transform(prevDecl, tryStmt, unnamedAvailable);
                                     }
                                 }
 
@@ -169,10 +174,22 @@ private static boolean canTransform(J.VariableDeclarations varDecl, J.Try tryStm
         return true;
     }
 
-    private static J.Try transform(J.VariableDeclarations varDecl, J.Try tryStmt) {
-        return addResource(varDecl.withPrefix(Space.EMPTY),
-                varDecl.getVariables().get(0).getSimpleName(),
-                tryStmt.withPrefix(varDecl.getPrefix()));
+    private static J.Try transform(J.VariableDeclarations varDecl, J.Try tryStmt, boolean unnamedAvailable) {
+        String varName = varDecl.getVariables().get(0).getSimpleName();
+        J.VariableDeclarations resourceDecl = varDecl.withPrefix(Space.EMPTY);
+        // When the resource is never read inside the try body, name it with the unnamed variable `_`
+        // (JEP 443 preview in Java 21, finalized as JEP 456 in Java 22) so the rewritten code does
+        // not emit an unused-variable warning that would fail `-Werror` builds.
+        if (unnamedAvailable && !isReferenced(varName, tryStmt.getBody())) {
+            J.VariableDeclarations.NamedVariable namedVar = resourceDecl.getVariables().get(0);
+            JavaType.Variable renamedType = namedVar.getVariableType() != null ?
+                    namedVar.getVariableType().withName("_") : null;
+            J.Identifier renamedName = namedVar.getName().withSimpleName("_")
+                    .withFieldType(renamedType);
+            resourceDecl = resourceDecl.withVariables(singletonList(
+                    namedVar.withName(renamedName).withVariableType(renamedType)));
+        }
+        return addResource(resourceDecl, varName, tryStmt.withPrefix(varDecl.getPrefix()));
     }
 
     private static J.Try transformJava9(J.VariableDeclarations varDecl, J.Try tryStmt) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/staticanalysis/UseTryWithResourcesTest.java b/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/staticanalysis/UseTryWithResourcesTest.java
index 77e5154c6..4c4fe023e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/staticanalysis/UseTryWithResourcesTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/staticanalysis/UseTryWithResourcesTest.java
@@ -649,6 +649,109 @@ void method(String path) throws IOException {
         );
     }
 
+    @Issue("https://github.com/openrewrite/rewrite-static-analysis/issues/927")
+    @Test
+    void unusedResourceUsesUnnamedVariableOnJava21() {
+        rewriteRun(
+          //language=java
+          java(
+            """
+              import java.io.*;
+
+              class Test {
+                  void method() throws IOException {
+                      InputStream in = new FileInputStream("file.txt");
+                      try {
+                      } finally {
+                          in.close();
+                      }
+                  }
+              }
+              """,
+            """
+              import java.io.*;
+
+              class Test {
+                  void method() throws IOException {
+                      try (InputStream _ = new FileInputStream("file.txt")) {
+                      }
+                  }
+              }
+              """,
+            spec -> spec.markers(javaVersion(21))
+          )
+        );
+    }
+
+    @Issue("https://github.com/openrewrite/rewrite-static-analysis/issues/927")
+    @Test
+    void unusedResourceKeepsNameBelowJava21() {
+        rewriteRun(
+          //language=java
+          java(
+            """
+              import java.io.*;
+
+              class Test {
+                  void method() throws IOException {
+                      InputStream in = new FileInputStream("file.txt");
+                      try {
+                      } finally {
+                          in.close();
+                      }
+                  }
+              }
+              """,
+            """
+              import java.io.*;
+
+              class Test {
+                  void method() throws IOException {
+                      try (InputStream in = new FileInputStream("file.txt")) {
+                      }
+                  }
+              }
+              """
+          )
+        );
+    }
+
+    @Issue("https://github.com/openrewrite/rewrite-static-analysis/issues/927")
+    @Test
+    void resourceUsedInBodyKeepsNameOnJava21() {
+        rewriteRun(
+          //language=java
+          java(
+            """
+              import java.io.*;
+
+              class Test {
+                  void method() throws IOException {
+                      InputStream in = new FileInputStream("file.txt");
+                      try {
+                          int data = in.read();
+                      } finally {
+                          in.close();
+                      }
+                  }
+              }
+              """,
+            """
+              import java.io.*;
+
+              class Test {
+                  void method() throws IOException {
+                      try (InputStream in = new FileInputStream("file.txt")) {
+                          int data = in.read();
+                      }
+                  }
+              }
+              """,
+            spec -> spec.markers(javaVersion(21))
+          )
+        );
+    }
+
     @Test
     void doNotChangeNonConsecutiveNullInitialized() {
         rewriteRun(