diff --git a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/joda/JodaTimeVisitor.java b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/joda/JodaTimeVisitor.java
index 647dac37b7..be5e5652f3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/joda/JodaTimeVisitor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/joda/JodaTimeVisitor.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
 import org.openrewrite.ExecutionContext;
 import org.openrewrite.java.JavaTemplate;
+import org.openrewrite.java.JavadocVisitor;
 import org.openrewrite.java.migrate.joda.templates.AllTemplates;
 import org.openrewrite.java.migrate.joda.templates.MethodTemplate;
 import org.openrewrite.java.migrate.joda.templates.TimeClassMap;
@@ -43,6 +44,19 @@ public JodaTimeVisitor(JodaTimeRecipe.Accumulator acc, boolean safeMigration, Li
         this.safeMigration = safeMigration;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    protected JavadocVisitor<ExecutionContext> getJavadocVisitor() {
+        return new JavadocVisitor<ExecutionContext>(this) {
+            /**
+             * Do not visit the method referenced from the Javadoc, may cause recipe to fail.
+             */
+            @Override
+            public Javadoc visitReference(Javadoc.Reference reference, ExecutionContext ctx) {
+                return reference;
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
     @Override
     public @NonNull J visitCompilationUnit(@NonNull J.CompilationUnit cu, @NonNull ExecutionContext ctx) {
         maybeRemoveImport(JODA_DATE_TIME);
@@ -70,17 +84,17 @@ public JodaTimeVisitor(JodaTimeRecipe.Accumulator acc, boolean safeMigration, Li
 
     @Override
     public @NonNull J visitVariableDeclarations(@NonNull J.VariableDeclarations multiVariable, @NonNull ExecutionContext ctx) {
-        if (!multiVariable.getType().isAssignableFrom(JODA_CLASS_PATTERN)) {
+        if (multiVariable.getTypeExpression() == null || !multiVariable.getType().isAssignableFrom(JODA_CLASS_PATTERN)) {
             return super.visitVariableDeclarations(multiVariable, ctx);
         }
         if (multiVariable.getVariables().stream().anyMatch(acc.getUnsafeVars()::contains)) {
             return multiVariable;
         }
-        multiVariable = (J.VariableDeclarations) super.visitVariableDeclarations(multiVariable, ctx);
-        return VarTemplates.getTemplate(multiVariable).apply(
-                updateCursor(multiVariable),
-                multiVariable.getCoordinates().replace(),
-                VarTemplates.getTemplateArgs(multiVariable));
+        J.VariableDeclarations m = (J.VariableDeclarations) super.visitVariableDeclarations(multiVariable, ctx);
+        return VarTemplates.getTemplate(multiVariable).<J>map(t -> t.apply(
+                updateCursor(m),
+                m.getCoordinates().replace(),
+                VarTemplates.getTemplateArgs(m))).orElse(multiVariable);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -111,11 +125,11 @@ public JodaTimeVisitor(JodaTimeRecipe.Accumulator acc, boolean safeMigration, Li
         if (!mayBeVar.isPresent() || acc.getUnsafeVars().contains(mayBeVar.get())) {
             return assignment;
         }
-        return VarTemplates.getTemplate(a).apply(
+        return VarTemplates.getTemplate(assignment).<J>map(t -> t.apply(
                 updateCursor(a),
                 a.getCoordinates().replace(),
                 varName,
-                a.getAssignment());
+                a.getAssignment())).orElse(assignment);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/joda/templates/VarTemplates.java b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/joda/templates/VarTemplates.java
index c85b30293f..d555492a33 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/joda/templates/VarTemplates.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/joda/templates/VarTemplates.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
 
 import static org.openrewrite.java.migrate.joda.templates.TimeClassNames.*;
 
@@ -37,9 +38,12 @@ public class VarTemplates {
         }
     };
 
-    public static JavaTemplate getTemplate(J.VariableDeclarations variable) {
+    public static Optional<JavaTemplate> getTemplate(J.VariableDeclarations variable) {
         JavaType.Class type = (JavaType.Class) variable.getTypeExpression().getType();
         String typeName = JodaToJavaTimeType.get(type.getFullyQualifiedName());
+        if (typeName == null) {
+            return Optional.empty(); // unhandled type
+        }
         StringBuilder template = new StringBuilder();
         String varName;
         try {
@@ -60,19 +64,21 @@ public static JavaTemplate getTemplate(J.VariableDeclarations variable) {
                 template.append(")}");
             }
         }
-        return JavaTemplate.builder(template.toString())
+        return Optional.of(JavaTemplate.builder(template.toString())
                 .imports(typeName)
-                .build();
+                .build());
     }
 
-    public static JavaTemplate getTemplate(J.Assignment assignment) {
+    public static Optional<JavaTemplate> getTemplate(J.Assignment assignment) {
         JavaType.Class type = (JavaType.Class) assignment.getAssignment().getType();
         JavaType.Class varType = (JavaType.Class) assignment.getVariable().getType();
         String typeName = JodaToJavaTimeType.get(type.getFullyQualifiedName());
         String varTypeName = JodaToJavaTimeType.get(varType.getFullyQualifiedName());
+        if (typeName == null || varTypeName == null) {
+            return Optional.empty(); // unhandled type
+        }
         String template = "#{any(" + varTypeName + ")} = #{any(" + typeName + ")}";
-        return JavaTemplate.builder(template)
-                .build();
+        return Optional.of(JavaTemplate.builder(template).build());
     }
 
     public static Object[] getTemplateArgs(J.VariableDeclarations variable) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/joda/JodaTimeVisitorTest.java b/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/joda/JodaTimeVisitorTest.java
index 86fecef8ac..71118e3a88 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/joda/JodaTimeVisitorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/joda/JodaTimeVisitorTest.java
@@ -733,4 +733,64 @@ public void foo() {
           )
         );
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void lambdaVarDeclaration() {
+        //language=java
+        rewriteRun(
+          java(
+            """
+              import org.joda.time.DateTime;
+              import java.util.List;
+              import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+              class A {
+                  public void foo() {
+                      List<Long> list = new ArrayList<>();
+                      list.add(100L);
+                      list.add(200L);
+                        list.forEach(millis -> {
+                            System.out.println(new DateTime().withMillis(millis));
+                        });
+                  }
+              }
+              """,
+            """
+              import java.util.List;
+              import java.time.Instant;
+              import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
+              import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+              class A {
+                  public void foo() {
+                      List<Long> list = new ArrayList<>();
+                      list.add(100L);
+                      list.add(200L);
+                        list.forEach(millis -> {
+                            System.out.println(ZonedDateTime.ofInstant(Instant.ofEpochMilli(millis), ZonedDateTime.now().getZone()));
+                        });
+                  }
+              }
+              """
+          )
+        );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void unhandledVarDeclaration() {
+        //language=java
+        rewriteRun(
+          java(
+              """
+              import org.joda.time.Interval;
+
+              class A {
+                  public void foo(Interval interval) {
+                      interval = new Interval(100, 50);
+                  }
+              }
+              """
+          )
+        );
+    }
 }