diff --git a/rewrite-gradle/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/gradle/ChangeDependencyConfiguration.java b/rewrite-gradle/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/gradle/ChangeDependencyConfiguration.java
index ad6747d3a41..f7e1674bd3d 100644
--- a/rewrite-gradle/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/gradle/ChangeDependencyConfiguration.java
+++ b/rewrite-gradle/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/gradle/ChangeDependencyConfiguration.java
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public String getInstanceNameSuffix() {
     @Override
     public String getDescription() {
         return "A common example is the need to change `compile` to `api`/`implementation` as " +
-               "[part of the move](https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/upgrading_version_6.html) to Gradle 7.x and later.";
+                "[part of the move](https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/upgrading_version_6.html) to Gradle 7.x and later.";
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -96,10 +96,13 @@ public J.MethodInvocation visitMethodInvocation(J.MethodInvocation method, Execu
                 GradleDependency.Matcher gradleDependencyMatcher = new GradleDependency.Matcher()
                         .configuration(configuration);
 
-                if (!(gradleDependencyMatcher.get(getCursor()).isPresent() || dependencyDsl.matches(m))) {
+                boolean matchesConfiguration = gradleDependencyMatcher.get(getCursor()).isPresent();
+                if (!matchesConfiguration && configuration != null) {
+                    return m;
+                }
+                if (!matchesConfiguration && !dependencyDsl.matches(m)) {
                     return m;
                 }
-
 
                 DependencyMatcher dependencyMatcher = new DependencyMatcher(groupId, artifactId, null);
                 List<Expression> args = m.getArguments();
diff --git a/rewrite-gradle/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/gradle/trait/GradleDependency.java b/rewrite-gradle/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/gradle/trait/GradleDependency.java
index e4a806cdd25..fd73e81388d 100644
--- a/rewrite-gradle/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/gradle/trait/GradleDependency.java
+++ b/rewrite-gradle/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/gradle/trait/GradleDependency.java
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public Matcher artifactId(@Nullable String artifactId) {
                     return null;
                 }
 
-                if (!(StringUtils.isBlank(configuration) || methodInvocation.getSimpleName().equals(configuration))) {
+                if (!StringUtils.isBlank(configuration) && !methodInvocation.getSimpleName().equals(configuration)) {
                     return null;
                 }
 
diff --git a/rewrite-gradle/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/gradle/ChangeDependencyConfigurationTest.java b/rewrite-gradle/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/gradle/ChangeDependencyConfigurationTest.java
index 3c1d0433699..38702d388f0 100644
--- a/rewrite-gradle/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/gradle/ChangeDependencyConfigurationTest.java
+++ b/rewrite-gradle/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/gradle/ChangeDependencyConfigurationTest.java
@@ -388,4 +388,37 @@ void dependenciesBlockInFreestandingScript() {
           )
         );
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void changeWithWildcards() {
+        rewriteRun(
+          spec -> spec.recipe(new ChangeDependencyConfiguration("*", "*", "testImplementation", "testRuntimeOnly")),
+          buildGradle(
+            """
+              plugins {
+                  id 'java-library'
+              }
+              repositories {
+                  mavenCentral()
+              }
+              dependencies {
+                  implementation 'org.openrewrite:rewrite-maven:latest.release'
+                  testRuntimeOnly 'org.openrewrite:rewrite-gradle:latest.release'
+              }
+              """,
+            """
+              plugins {
+                  id 'java-library'
+              }
+              repositories {
+                  mavenCentral()
+              }
+              dependencies {
+                  implementation 'org.openrewrite:rewrite-maven:latest.release'
+                  testImplementation 'org.openrewrite:rewrite-gradle:latest.release'
+              }
+              """
+          )
+        );
+    }
 }