diff --git a/src/loaders/neoforge/neoforge-metadata-reader.ts b/src/loaders/neoforge/neoforge-metadata-reader.ts
index d3d8670..167c512 100644
--- a/src/loaders/neoforge/neoforge-metadata-reader.ts
+++ b/src/loaders/neoforge/neoforge-metadata-reader.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { readAllZippedText } from "@/utils/io/file-info";
 import { LoaderType } from "../loader-type";
 import { LoaderMetadataReader } from "../loader-metadata-reader";
 import { NeoForgeMetadata } from "./neoforge-metadata";
-import { MODS_TOML } from "./raw-neoforge-metadata";
+import { NEOFORGE_MODS_TOML, MODS_TOML } from "./raw-neoforge-metadata";
 
 /**
  * A metadata reader that is able to read NeoForge mod metadata from a zipped file.
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ export class NeoForgeMetadataReader implements LoaderMetadataReader<NeoForgeMeta
      * @inheritdoc
      */
     async readMetadataFile(path: PathLike): Promise<NeoForgeMetadata> {
-        const metadataText = await readAllZippedText(path, MODS_TOML);
+        // Prefer `neoforge.mods.toml` over `mods.toml`.
+        const metadataText = await readAllZippedText(path, NEOFORGE_MODS_TOML)
+            .catch(() => readAllZippedText(path, MODS_TOML));
+
         const metadata = NeoForgeMetadata.from(parseToml(metadataText));
         if (!metadata.dependencies.some(x => x.id === LoaderType.NEOFORGE)) {
             throw new Error("A NeoForge metadata file must contain a 'neoforge' dependency");
diff --git a/src/loaders/neoforge/raw-neoforge-metadata.ts b/src/loaders/neoforge/raw-neoforge-metadata.ts
index 5359ed6..244885e 100644
--- a/src/loaders/neoforge/raw-neoforge-metadata.ts
+++ b/src/loaders/neoforge/raw-neoforge-metadata.ts
@@ -73,3 +73,8 @@ export interface RawNeoForgeMetadata {
  * Name of the `mods.toml` file, that contains raw NeoForge metadata.
  */
 export const MODS_TOML = "META-INF/mods.toml";
+
+/**
+ * Name of the `neoforge.mods.toml` file, that contains raw NeoForge metadata.
+ */
+export const NEOFORGE_MODS_TOML = "META-INF/neoforge.mods.toml";
diff --git a/tests/content/neoforge/mods.toml b/tests/content/neoforge/neoforge.mods.toml
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/content/neoforge/mods.toml
rename to tests/content/neoforge/neoforge.mods.toml
diff --git a/tests/unit/loaders/loader-metadata-reader.spec.ts b/tests/unit/loaders/loader-metadata-reader.spec.ts
index f86954b..f52e3c6 100644
--- a/tests/unit/loaders/loader-metadata-reader.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/loaders/loader-metadata-reader.spec.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ beforeEach(async () => {
         "fabric.jar": await zipFile([__dirname, "../../content/fabric/fabric.mod.json"]),
         "quilt.jar": await zipFile([__dirname, "../../content/quilt/quilt.mod.json"]),
         "forge.jar": await zipFile([__dirname, "../../content/forge/mods.toml"], "META-INF/mods.toml"),
-        "neoforge.jar": await zipFile([__dirname, "../../content/neoforge/mods.toml"], "META-INF/mods.toml"),
+        "neoforge.jar": await zipFile([__dirname, "../../content/neoforge/neoforge.mods.toml"], "META-INF/neoforge.mods.toml"),
+        "neoforge.legacy.jar": await zipFile([__dirname, "../../content/neoforge/neoforge.mods.toml"], "META-INF/mods.toml"),
         "text.txt": "",
     });
 });
diff --git a/tests/unit/loaders/neoforge/neoforge-metadata-reader.spec.ts b/tests/unit/loaders/neoforge/neoforge-metadata-reader.spec.ts
index fd9252b..f884be2 100644
--- a/tests/unit/loaders/neoforge/neoforge-metadata-reader.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/loaders/neoforge/neoforge-metadata-reader.spec.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { NeoForgeMetadataReader } from "@/loaders/neoforge/neoforge-metadata-rea
 
 beforeEach(async () => {
     mockFs({
-        "neoforge.mod.jar": await zipFile([__dirname, "../../../content/neoforge/mods.toml"], "META-INF/mods.toml"),
+        "neoforge.mod.jar": await zipFile([__dirname, "../../../content/neoforge/neoforge.mods.toml"], "META-INF/neoforge.mods.toml"),
         "text.txt": "",
     });
 });
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ afterEach(() => {
 });
 
 describe("NeoForgeMetadataReader", () => {
-    test("successfully reads mods.toml", async () => {
+    test("successfully reads neoforge.mods.toml", async () => {
         const reader = new NeoForgeMetadataReader();
 
         const metadata = await reader.readMetadataFile("neoforge.mod.jar");
diff --git a/tests/unit/loaders/neoforge/neoforge-metadata.spec.ts b/tests/unit/loaders/neoforge/neoforge-metadata.spec.ts
index f64484b..1633a73 100644
--- a/tests/unit/loaders/neoforge/neoforge-metadata.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/loaders/neoforge/neoforge-metadata.spec.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { RawNeoForgeMetadata } from "@/loaders/neoforge/raw-neoforge-metadata";
 import { NeoForgeMetadata } from "@/loaders/neoforge/neoforge-metadata";
 
 const RAW_METADATA: RawNeoForgeMetadata = Object.freeze(parseToml(
-    readFileSync(resolvePath(__dirname, "../../../content/neoforge/mods.toml"), "utf8")
+    readFileSync(resolvePath(__dirname, "../../../content/neoforge/neoforge.mods.toml"), "utf8")
 ));
 
 describe("NeoForgeMetadata", () => {