diff --git a/pkg/inventory/pckg/collector/maven/archive_parser.go b/pkg/inventory/pckg/collector/maven/archive_parser.go
index fb7adb31e1ea770f244f67e5a9d3ff3a41d3e37d..5271903bff39c10d014527bd7660c12c3d1c8b60 100644
--- a/pkg/inventory/pckg/collector/maven/archive_parser.go
+++ b/pkg/inventory/pckg/collector/maven/archive_parser.go
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ var archiveFormats = []string{"**/*.jar", "**/*.war"}
 var sbomArchiveTempFirstDirPrefixName = "sbom-archive-"
 var sbomArchiveTempSecondDirName = "items"
 
+const fileSeparator = string(os.PathSeparator)
+
 // ArchiveParser is a parser for maven archive files
 type ArchiveParser struct {
 	Embedded bool
@@ -111,7 +113,8 @@ func (m *ArchiveParser) Parse(path string) ([]model.Package, error) {
 func modifyNestedPkgSourcePath(mainPkg *model.Package, nestedPkgs []model.Package) []model.Package {
 	for i, pkg := range nestedPkgs {
 		if strings.Contains(pkg.SourceLocation, sbomArchiveTempFirstDirPrefixName) && strings.Contains(pkg.SourceLocation, sbomArchiveTempSecondDirName) {
-			location := strings.Split(pkg.SourceLocation, "/"+sbomArchiveTempSecondDirName)[1]
+			split := strings.Split(pkg.SourceLocation, fileSeparator+sbomArchiveTempSecondDirName)
+			location := split[1]
 			nestedPkgs[i].SourceLocation = mainPkg.SourceLocation + "!" + pkgNameRemoveEndTimestamp(location)
 		}
 	}