diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/components/secdispatcher/internal/DefaultSecDispatcher.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/components/secdispatcher/internal/DefaultSecDispatcher.java
index 8cf5668..b0b692b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/components/secdispatcher/internal/DefaultSecDispatcher.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/components/secdispatcher/internal/DefaultSecDispatcher.java
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ public String encrypt(String str, Map<String, String> attr) throws SecDispatcher
 
     @Override
     public String decrypt(String str) throws SecDispatcherException, IOException {
-        if (!isEncryptedString(str)) return str;
+        if (!isAnyEncryptedString(str)) return str;
         String bare = unDecorate(str);
         Map<String, String> attr = requireNonNull(stripAttributes(bare));
         if (isLegacyEncryptedString(str)) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/components/secdispatcher/internal/DefaultSecDispatcherTest.java b/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/components/secdispatcher/internal/DefaultSecDispatcherTest.java
index c520b4e..8e27148 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/components/secdispatcher/internal/DefaultSecDispatcherTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/components/secdispatcher/internal/DefaultSecDispatcherTest.java
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 import org.codehaus.plexus.components.secdispatcher.model.SettingsSecurity;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.components.secdispatcher.model.io.stax.SecurityConfigurationStaxWriter;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.ValueSource;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
@@ -172,4 +174,23 @@ protected DefaultSecDispatcher construct() {
                         new LegacyDispatcher()),
                 CONFIG_PATH);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Test values created with Maven 3.9.9.
+     * <p>
+     * master password: "masterpassword"
+     * password: "password"
+     */
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @ValueSource(
+            strings = {
+                "src/test/legacy/legacy-settings-security-1.xml",
+                "src/test/legacy/legacy-settings-security-2.xml"
+            })
+    void legacy(String xml) throws Exception {
+        System.setProperty("settings.security", xml);
+        SecDispatcher secDispatcher = construct();
+        String cleartext = secDispatcher.decrypt("{L6L/HbmrY+cH+sNkphnq3fguYepTpM04WlIXb8nB1pk=}");
+        assertEquals("password", cleartext);
+    }
 }