diff --git a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotationUtilsTests.java b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotationUtilsTests.java
index 0a0a4f0939..f74a0693a0 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotationUtilsTests.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/core/annotation/AnnotationUtilsTests.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 import javax.annotation.ParametersAreNonnullByDefault;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import org.springframework.core.Ordered;
@@ -964,6 +965,25 @@ class AnnotationUtilsTests {
 		TestRepeatableContainer.class)).isNotNull();
 	}
 
+	@Test // gh-23856
+	void findAnnotationFindsRepeatableContainerOnComposedAnnotationMetaAnnotatedWithRepeatableAnnotations() {
+		MyRepeatableContainer annotation = AnnotationUtils.findAnnotation(MyRepeatableMeta1And2.class, MyRepeatableContainer.class);
+
+		assertThat(annotation).isNotNull();
+		assertThat(annotation.value()).extracting(MyRepeatable::value).containsExactly("meta1", "meta2");
+	}
+
+	@Test // gh-23856
+	@Disabled("disabled until gh-23856 is resolved")
+	void findAnnotationFindsRepeatableContainerOnComposedAnnotationMetaAnnotatedWithRepeatableAnnotationsOnMethod() throws NoSuchMethodException {
+		Method method = getClass().getDeclaredMethod("methodWithComposedAnnotationMetaAnnotatedWithRepeatableAnnotations");
+		MyRepeatableContainer annotation = AnnotationUtils.findAnnotation(method, MyRepeatableContainer.class);
+
+		assertThat(annotation).isNotNull();
+		assertThat(annotation.value()).extracting(MyRepeatable::value).containsExactly("meta1", "meta2");
+	}
+
+
 	@SafeVarargs
 	static <T> T[] asArray(T... arr) {
 		return arr;
@@ -1262,6 +1282,17 @@ class AnnotationUtilsTests {
 	@interface MyRepeatableMeta2 {
 	}
 
+	@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+	@Inherited
+	@MyRepeatable("meta1")
+	@MyRepeatable("meta2")
+	@interface MyRepeatableMeta1And2 {
+	}
+
+	@MyRepeatableMeta1And2
+	void methodWithComposedAnnotationMetaAnnotatedWithRepeatableAnnotations() {
+	}
+
 	interface InterfaceWithRepeated {
 
 		@MyRepeatable("A")