diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/archiver/AbstractUnArchiver.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/archiver/AbstractUnArchiver.java
index c61327c5..9f0cf2c8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/archiver/AbstractUnArchiver.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/archiver/AbstractUnArchiver.java
@@ -324,6 +324,13 @@ protected void extractFile(
             } else if (isDirectory) {
                 targetFileName.mkdirs();
             } else {
+                // Delete existing file first to handle read-only files
+                // This matches the behavior of tar and unzip
+                if (targetFileName.exists()) {
+                    // Make file writable before deleting (required on Windows for read-only files)
+                    targetFileName.setWritable(true);
+                    targetFileName.delete();
+                }
                 Files.copy(compressedInputStream, targetFileName.toPath(), REPLACE_EXISTING);
             }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/archiver/AbstractUnArchiverTest.java b/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/archiver/AbstractUnArchiverTest.java
index a73ac715..3c57c541 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/archiver/AbstractUnArchiverTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/archiver/AbstractUnArchiverTest.java
@@ -188,4 +188,33 @@ void shouldExtractWhenCasingDifferOnlyInEntryNamePath(@TempDir File temporaryFol
         assertTrue(abstractUnArchiver.shouldExtractEntry(temporaryFolder, file, entryName, entryDate));
         assertEquals(0, abstractUnArchiver.casingMessageEmitted.get());
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void shouldExtractReadOnlyFile(@TempDir File temporaryFolder) throws Exception {
+        // given
+        File readOnlyFile = new File(temporaryFolder, "readonly.txt");
+        readOnlyFile.createNewFile();
+        java.nio.file.Files.write(readOnlyFile.toPath(), "original content".getBytes());
+
+        // Make the file read-only (simulate -r-xr-xr-x permissions)
+        readOnlyFile.setWritable(false);
+        assertTrue(readOnlyFile.exists());
+        assertFalse(readOnlyFile.canWrite());
+
+        // Create a mock input stream with new content
+        String newContent = "new content";
+        java.io.InputStream inputStream = new java.io.ByteArrayInputStream(newContent.getBytes());
+
+        // when
+        abstractUnArchiver.setOverwrite(true);
+        abstractUnArchiver.extractFile(
+                null, temporaryFolder, inputStream, "readonly.txt", new Date(), false, null, null, null);
+
+        // then
+        // The file should have been successfully overwritten
+        assertTrue(readOnlyFile.exists());
+        byte[] actualBytes = java.nio.file.Files.readAllBytes(readOnlyFile.toPath());
+        String actualContent = new String(actualBytes);
+        assertEquals(newContent, actualContent);
+    }
 }