diff --git a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/java/method-handle-release/build.sbt b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/java/method-handle-release/build.sbt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0cb11c5e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/java/method-handle-release/build.sbt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+ThisBuild / scalaVersion := "2.13.16"
+scalacOptions += "-release:11"
diff --git a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/java/method-handle-release/src/main/scala/Main.scala b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/java/method-handle-release/src/main/scala/Main.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8c36d7268
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/java/method-handle-release/src/main/scala/Main.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import java.lang.invoke.{ MethodHandle, MethodHandles }
+
+object Main {
+  case class TestClass(number: Int)
+  def testMethod(): TestClass = {
+    TestClass(10)
+  }
+
+  def wrappedMethod(handle: MethodHandle): TestClass = {
+    handle.invokeExact()
+  }
+
+  def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {
+    val method = classOf[Main.type].getDeclaredMethod("testMethod")
+    method.setAccessible(true)
+    val handle = MethodHandles.lookup.unreflect(method)
+    println(wrappedMethod(handle))
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/java/method-handle-release/test b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/java/method-handle-release/test
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c0b8da542
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/java/method-handle-release/test
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# https://github.com/sbt/sbt/issues/6175
+# MethodHandle.invokeExact fails to compile on JDK 15+ when targeting Java 11
+> compile