diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index a7cc36c6b..fc5fc148a 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import com.eed3si9n.jarjarabrams.ModuleCoordinate
 // ThisBuild settings take lower precedence,
 // but can be shared across the multi projects.
 ThisBuild / version := {
-  val v = "2.0.0-RC4-bin-SNAPSHOT"
+  val v = "2.0.0-RC6-bin-SNAPSHOT"
   nightlyVersion.getOrElse(v)
 }
 ThisBuild / Utils.version2_13 := "2.0.0-SNAPSHOT"
@@ -303,7 +303,10 @@ lazy val utilCore = project
     utilCommonSettings,
     name := "Util Core",
     Utils.keywordsSettings,
-    mimaSettings
+    mimaSettings,
+    mimaBinaryIssueFilters ++= Seq(
+      exclude[DirectMissingMethodProblem]("sbt.internal.util.Util.majorJavaVersion"),
+    ),
   )
 
 lazy val utilLogging = project
diff --git a/internal/util-core/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/util/Util.scala b/internal/util-core/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/util/Util.scala
index fd35934e0..3b241b27e 100644
--- a/internal/util-core/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/util/Util.scala
+++ b/internal/util-core/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/util/Util.scala
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import java.util.Locale
 
 import scala.collection.concurrent.TrieMap
 import scala.reflect.Selectable.reflectiveSelectable
-import scala.util.control.NonFatal
+import scala.util.Properties
 
 object Util:
   def makeList[T](size: Int, value: T): List[T] = List.fill(size)(value)
@@ -96,17 +96,7 @@ object Util:
   def reduceIntents[A1, A2](intents: PartialFunction[A1, A2]*): PartialFunction[A1, A2] =
     intents.toList.reduceLeft(_ orElse _)
 
-  lazy val majorJavaVersion: Int =
-    try {
-      val javaVersion = sys.props.get("java.version").getOrElse("1.0")
-      if (javaVersion.startsWith("1.")) {
-        javaVersion.split("\\.")(1).toInt
-      } else {
-        javaVersion.split("\\.")(0).toInt
-      }
-    } catch {
-      case NonFatal(_) => 0
-    }
+  lazy val isJava19Plus: Boolean = Properties.isJavaAtLeast("19")
 
   private type GetId = {
     def getId: Long
@@ -121,13 +111,10 @@ object Util:
    * https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/21/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/Thread.html#threadId()
    */
   def threadId: Long =
-    if (majorJavaVersion < 19) {
-      (Thread.currentThread(): AnyRef) match {
+    if !isJava19Plus then
+      (Thread.currentThread(): AnyRef) match
         case g: GetId @unchecked => g.getId
-      }
-    } else {
-      (Thread.currentThread(): AnyRef) match {
+    else
+      (Thread.currentThread(): AnyRef) match
         case g: ThreadId @unchecked => g.threadId
-      }
-    }
 end Util
diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index 8df171001..936f011a9 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ object Dependencies {
 
   // sbt modules
   private val ioVersion = nightlyVersion.getOrElse("1.10.5")
-  val zincVersion = nightlyVersion.getOrElse("2.0.0-M8")
+  val zincVersion = nightlyVersion.getOrElse("2.0.0-M9")
 
   private val sbtIO = "org.scala-sbt" %% "io" % ioVersion
 
diff --git a/run/src/main/scala/sbt/Run.scala b/run/src/main/scala/sbt/Run.scala
index 8b1511a0c..e867ec0ca 100644
--- a/run/src/main/scala/sbt/Run.scala
+++ b/run/src/main/scala/sbt/Run.scala
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import sbt.util.Logger
 
 import scala.sys.process.Process
 import scala.util.control.NonFatal
-import scala.util.{ Failure, Success, Try }
+import scala.util.{ Failure, Properties, Success, Try }
 
 sealed trait ScalaRun:
   def run(mainClass: String, classpath: Seq[NioPath], options: Seq[String], log: Logger): Try[Unit]
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class Run(private[sbt] val newLoader: Seq[NioPath] => ClassLoader, trapExit: Boo
     def execute(): Unit =
       try {
         log.debug("  Classpath:\n\t" + classpath.mkString("\n\t"))
-        val main = getMainMethod(mainClass, loader)
+        val main = detectMainMethod(mainClass, loader)
         invokeMain(loader, main, options)
       } catch {
         case e: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException =>
@@ -141,14 +141,22 @@ class Run(private[sbt] val newLoader: Seq[NioPath] => ClassLoader, trapExit: Boo
   }
   private def invokeMain(
       loader: ClassLoader,
-      main: Method,
+      main: DetectedMain,
       options: Seq[String]
   ): Unit = {
     val currentThread = Thread.currentThread
     val oldLoader = Thread.currentThread.getContextClassLoader
     currentThread.setContextClassLoader(loader)
     try {
-      main.invoke(null, options.toArray[String]); ()
+      if (main.isStatic) {
+        if (main.parameterCount > 0) main.method.invoke(null, options.toArray[String])
+        else main.method.invoke(null)
+      } else {
+        val ref = main.mainClass.getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance().asInstanceOf[AnyRef]
+        if (main.parameterCount > 0) main.method.invoke(ref, options.toArray[String])
+        else main.method.invoke(ref)
+      }
+      ()
     } catch {
       case t: Throwable =>
         t.getCause match {
@@ -164,19 +172,40 @@ class Run(private[sbt] val newLoader: Seq[NioPath] => ClassLoader, trapExit: Boo
       currentThread.setContextClassLoader(oldLoader)
     }
   }
-  def getMainMethod(mainClassName: String, loader: ClassLoader) = {
+  def getMainMethod(mainClassName: String, loader: ClassLoader): Method =
+    detectMainMethod(mainClassName, loader).method
+
+  private def detectMainMethod(mainClassName: String, loader: ClassLoader) = {
     val mainClass = Class.forName(mainClassName, true, loader)
-    val method = mainClass.getMethod("main", classOf[Array[String]])
-    // jvm allows the actual main class to be non-public and to run a method in the non-public class,
-    //  we need to make it accessible
-    method.setAccessible(true)
-    val modifiers = method.getModifiers
-    if (!isPublic(modifiers))
-      throw new NoSuchMethodException(mainClassName + ".main is not public")
-    if (!isStatic(modifiers))
-      throw new NoSuchMethodException(mainClassName + ".main is not static")
-    method
+    if (Run.isJava25Plus) {
+      val method =
+        try {
+          mainClass.getMethod("main", classOf[Array[String]])
+        } catch {
+          case _: NoSuchMethodException => mainClass.getMethod("main")
+        }
+      method.setAccessible(true)
+      val modifiers = method.getModifiers
+      DetectedMain(mainClass, method, isStatic(modifiers), method.getParameterCount())
+    } else {
+      val method = mainClass.getMethod("main", classOf[Array[String]])
+      // jvm allows the actual main class to be non-public and to run a method in the non-public class,
+      //  we need to make it accessible
+      method.setAccessible(true)
+      val modifiers = method.getModifiers
+      if (!isPublic(modifiers))
+        throw new NoSuchMethodException(mainClassName + ".main is not public")
+      if (!isStatic(modifiers))
+        throw new NoSuchMethodException(mainClassName + ".main is not static")
+      DetectedMain(mainClass, method, isStatic = true, method.getParameterCount())
+    }
   }
+  private case class DetectedMain(
+      mainClass: Class[?],
+      method: Method,
+      isStatic: Boolean,
+      parameterCount: Int
+  )
 }
 
 /** This module is an interface to starting the scala interpreter or runner. */
@@ -207,4 +236,6 @@ object Run:
           s"""nonzero exit code returned from $label: $exitCode""".stripMargin
         )
       )
+
+  private[sbt] lazy val isJava25Plus: Boolean = Properties.isJavaAtLeast("25")
 end Run
diff --git a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/fallback-dependencies-inter-project/a/src/main/scala/A.scala b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/fallback-dependencies-inter-project/a/src/main/scala/A.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index 954405774..000000000
--- a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/fallback-dependencies-inter-project/a/src/main/scala/A.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-
-case class A(msg: String)
-
-object A {
-  def default = A("OK")
-}
diff --git a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/fallback-dependencies-inter-project/b/src/main/scala/Main.scala b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/fallback-dependencies-inter-project/b/src/main/scala/Main.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index 59bb6d372..000000000
--- a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/fallback-dependencies-inter-project/b/src/main/scala/Main.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-import java.io.File
-import java.nio.file.Files
-
-object Main extends App {
-
-  val msg = shapeless.Generic[A].to(A.default).head
-  
-  Files.write(new File("output").toPath, msg.getBytes("UTF-8"))
-}
diff --git a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/fallback-dependencies-inter-project/build.sbt b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/fallback-dependencies-inter-project/build.sbt
deleted file mode 100644
index 98731216b..000000000
--- a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/fallback-dependencies-inter-project/build.sbt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-ThisBuild / scalaVersion := "2.11.12"
-
-lazy val a = project
-  .settings(
-    libraryDependencies += "com.chuusai" %% "shapeless" % "2.3.234" from "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/releases/com/chuusai/shapeless_2.11/2.3.1/shapeless_2.11-2.3.1.jar"
-  )
-
-lazy val b = project
-  .dependsOn(a)
-
-lazy val root = project
-  .in(file("."))
-  .aggregate(a, b)
diff --git a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/fallback-dependencies-inter-project/test b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/fallback-dependencies-inter-project/test
deleted file mode 100644
index ea53e1abb..000000000
--- a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/fallback-dependencies-inter-project/test
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-$ delete output
-> b/run
-$ exists output
diff --git a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/run/jep-512/A.scala b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/run/jep-512/A.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..daceacfa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/run/jep-512/A.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package example
+
+class A {
+  def main(): Unit = {
+    println("hi")
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/run/jep-512/build.sbt b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/run/jep-512/build.sbt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cfb7fd4c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/run/jep-512/build.sbt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// 2.12.x uses Zinc's compiler bridge
+ThisBuild / scalaVersion := "2.12.20"
+
+@transient
+lazy val check = taskKey[Unit]("")
+
+Compile / run / fork := false
+
+check := {
+  if (scala.util.Properties.isJavaAtLeast("25"))
+    (Compile / fgRun).toTask(" ").value
+  else ()
+}
diff --git a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/run/jep-512/pending b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/run/jep-512/pending
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c28fe4985
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/run/jep-512/pending
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# > run
+> check