diff --git a/pkg/fanal/analyzer/language/analyze.go b/pkg/fanal/analyzer/language/analyze.go
index 33526dbf1707..1f65841eca07 100644
--- a/pkg/fanal/analyzer/language/analyze.go
+++ b/pkg/fanal/analyzer/language/analyze.go
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func toApplication(fileType, filePath, libFilePath string, r dio.ReadSeekerAt, l
 	for _, lib := range libs {
 		var licenses []string
 		if lib.License != "" {
-			licenses = strings.Split(lib.License, ",")
+			licenses = licensing.SplitLicenses(lib.License)
 			for i, license := range licenses {
 				licenses[i] = licensing.Normalize(strings.TrimSpace(license))
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/fanal/analyzer/pkg/dpkg/copyright.go b/pkg/fanal/analyzer/pkg/dpkg/copyright.go
index 4b8006e42bbb..9b962b8c3e49 100644
--- a/pkg/fanal/analyzer/pkg/dpkg/copyright.go
+++ b/pkg/fanal/analyzer/pkg/dpkg/copyright.go
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ var (
 	dpkgLicenseAnalyzerVersion = 1
 
 	commonLicenseReferenceRegexp = regexp.MustCompile(`/?usr/share/common-licenses/([0-9A-Za-z_.+-]+[0-9A-Za-z+])`)
-	licenseSplitRegexp           = regexp.MustCompile("(,?[_ ]+or[_ ]+)|(,?[_ ]+and[_ ])|(,[ ]*)")
 )
 
 // dpkgLicenseAnalyzer parses copyright files and detect licenses
@@ -90,14 +89,7 @@ func (a *dpkgLicenseAnalyzer) parseCopyright(r dio.ReadSeekerAt) ([]types.Licens
 
 			l = normalizeLicense(l)
 			if len(l) > 0 {
-				// Split licenses without considering "and"/"or"
-				// examples:
-				// 'GPL-1+,GPL-2' => {"GPL-1", "GPL-2"}
-				// 'GPL-1+ or Artistic or Artistic-dist' => {"GPL-1", "Artistic", "Artistic-dist"}
-				// 'LGPLv3+_or_GPLv2+' => {"LGPLv3", "GPLv2"}
-				// 'BSD-3-CLAUSE and GPL-2' => {"BSD-3-CLAUSE", "GPL-2"}
-				// 'GPL-1+ or Artistic, and BSD-4-clause-POWERDOG' => {"GPL-1+", "Artistic", "BSD-4-clause-POWERDOG"}
-				for _, lic := range licenseSplitRegexp.Split(l, -1) {
+				for _, lic := range licensing.SplitLicenses(l) {
 					lic = licensing.Normalize(lic)
 					if !slices.Contains(licenses, lic) {
 						licenses = append(licenses, lic)
diff --git a/pkg/licensing/normalize.go b/pkg/licensing/normalize.go
index 5e25fc89ca13..38956108c4fc 100644
--- a/pkg/licensing/normalize.go
+++ b/pkg/licensing/normalize.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package licensing
 
 import (
+	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -80,9 +81,34 @@ var mapping = map[string]string{
 	"PUBLIC DOMAIN": Unlicense,
 }
 
+// Split licenses without considering "and"/"or"
+// examples:
+// 'GPL-1+,GPL-2' => {"GPL-1+", "GPL-2"}
+// 'GPL-1+ or Artistic or Artistic-dist' => {"GPL-1+", "Artistic", "Artistic-dist"}
+// 'LGPLv3+_or_GPLv2+' => {"LGPLv3+", "GPLv2"}
+// 'BSD-3-CLAUSE and GPL-2' => {"BSD-3-CLAUSE", "GPL-2"}
+// 'GPL-1+ or Artistic, and BSD-4-clause-POWERDOG' => {"GPL-1+", "Artistic", "BSD-4-clause-POWERDOG"}
+// 'BSD 3-Clause License or Apache License, Version 2.0' => {"BSD 3-Clause License", "Apache License, Version 2.0"}
+// var LicenseSplitRegexp = regexp.MustCompile("(,?[_ ]+or[_ ]+)|(,?[_ ]+and[_ ])|(,[ ]*)")
+
+var licenseSplitRegexp = regexp.MustCompile("(,?[_ ]+(?:or|and)[_ ]+)|(,[ ]*)")
+
 func Normalize(name string) string {
 	if l, ok := mapping[strings.ToUpper(name)]; ok {
 		return l
 	}
 	return name
 }
+
+func SplitLicenses(str string) []string {
+	var licenses []string
+	for _, maybeLic := range licenseSplitRegexp.Split(str, -1) {
+		lower := strings.ToLower(maybeLic)
+		if (strings.HasPrefix(lower, "ver ") || strings.HasPrefix(lower, "version ")) && len(licenses) > 0 {
+			licenses[len(licenses)-1] += ", " + maybeLic
+		} else {
+			licenses = append(licenses, maybeLic)
+		}
+	}
+	return licenses
+}
diff --git a/pkg/licensing/normalize_test.go b/pkg/licensing/normalize_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a13cbed5d863
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/licensing/normalize_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+package licensing_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+
+	"github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/pkg/licensing"
+)
+
+func TestSplitLicenses(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		license  string
+		licenses []string
+	}{
+		{
+			"simple list comma-separated",
+			"GPL-1+,GPL-2",
+			[]string{"GPL-1+", "GPL-2"},
+		},
+		{
+			"simple list comma-separated",
+			"GPL-1+,GPL-2,GPL-3",
+			[]string{"GPL-1+", "GPL-2", "GPL-3"},
+		},
+		{
+			"3 licenses 'or'-separated",
+			"GPL-1+ or Artistic or Artistic-dist",
+			[]string{"GPL-1+", "Artistic", "Artistic-dist"},
+		},
+		// '
+		{
+			"two licenses _or_ separated",
+			"LGPLv3+_or_GPLv2+",
+			[]string{"LGPLv3+", "GPLv2+"},
+		},
+		// '
+		{
+			"licenses `and`-separated",
+			"BSD-3-CLAUSE and GPL-2",
+			[]string{"BSD-3-CLAUSE", "GPL-2"},
+		},
+		{
+			"three licenses and/or separated",
+			"GPL-1+ or Artistic, and BSD-4-clause-POWERDOG",
+			[]string{"GPL-1+", "Artistic", "BSD-4-clause-POWERDOG"},
+		},
+		{
+			"two licenses with version",
+			"Apache License,Version 2.0, OSET Public License version 2.1",
+			[]string{"Apache License, Version 2.0", "OSET Public License version 2.1"},
+		},
+		{
+			"the license starts with `ver`",
+			"verbatim and BSD-4-clause",
+			[]string{"verbatim", "BSD-4-clause"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			res := licensing.SplitLicenses(tt.license)
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.licenses, res)
+		})
+	}
+}