diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/relocation/RelocationContext.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/relocation/RelocationContext.kt
index f7ada4233..3777e3259 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/relocation/RelocationContext.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/relocation/RelocationContext.kt
@@ -12,6 +12,30 @@ public fun Relocator.relocatePath(path: String): String {
   return relocatePath(RelocatePathContext(path))
 }
 
+/**
+ * Relocates all matching class and package names in the given [text].
+ *
+ * Unlike [relocateClass], which operates on a single class name (subject to prefix/format checks in
+ * [Relocator.canRelocateClass] and single-occurrence replacement), this function performs global
+ * replacement across arbitrary text content (e.g. `MANIFEST.MF` attributes or ProGuard/R8 rules).
+ *
+ * For [SimpleRelocator], it directly replaces all occurrences of [SimpleRelocator.pattern] with
+ * [SimpleRelocator.shadedPattern]. For generic [Relocator]s, it delegates to [relocateClass] if
+ * applicable.
+ */
+internal fun Relocator.relocateText(text: String): String {
+  if (this is SimpleRelocator) {
+    return when {
+      pattern.isEmpty() -> text
+      else -> text.replace(pattern, shadedPattern)
+    }
+  }
+  return when {
+    canRelocateClass(text) -> relocateClass(text)
+    else -> text
+  }
+}
+
 public fun Iterable<Relocator>.relocateClass(className: String): String {
   forEach { relocator ->
     if (relocator.canRelocateClass(className)) {
@@ -29,3 +53,14 @@ public fun Iterable<Relocator>.relocatePath(path: String): String {
   }
   return path
 }
+
+/**
+ * Sequentially relocates all matching class and package names in the given [text] across all
+ * relocators in this collection.
+ *
+ * Unlike [Iterable.relocateClass] which stops at the first matching relocator, this function passes
+ * the text through every relocator in a chain-of-responsibility pipeline so that all patterns
+ * present in the text are relocated.
+ */
+internal fun Iterable<Relocator>.relocateText(text: String): String =
+  fold(text) { acc, relocator -> relocator.relocateText(acc) }
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/transformers/ProGuardFilesResourceTransformer.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/transformers/ProGuardFilesResourceTransformer.kt
index f5034fb06..9efcea339 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/transformers/ProGuardFilesResourceTransformer.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/transformers/ProGuardFilesResourceTransformer.kt
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ package com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.transformers
 import com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.internal.checkDupStrategy
 import com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.internal.writeEntry
 import com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.relocation.Relocator
-import com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.relocation.relocateClass
 import com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.relocation.relocatePath
+import com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.relocation.relocateText
 import org.apache.tools.zip.ZipOutputStream
 import org.gradle.api.file.FileTreeElement
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.Internal
@@ -50,20 +50,10 @@ constructor(patternSet: PatternSet = PatternSet().include("META-INF/proguard/**"
   }
 
   internal companion object {
-    /**
-     * Matches Java class names, fully qualified class names, package wildcards (e.g. `com.foo.**`),
-     * and inner classes (`com.foo.Bar$Inner`).
-     */
-    private val CLASS_PATTERN =
-      """(?<![a-zA-Z0-9_$.])([a-zA-Z_$][a-zA-Z0-9_$]*(?:\.[a-zA-Z0-9_$*?]+)+)""".toRegex()
-
     fun Iterable<Relocator>.relocateRuleLine(line: String): String {
       return when {
         line.isBlank() || line.trimStart().startsWith("#") -> line
-        else ->
-          CLASS_PATTERN.replace(line) { matchResult ->
-            relocateClass(matchResult.value)
-          }
+        else -> relocateText(line)
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/relocation/RelocatorsTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/relocation/RelocatorsTest.kt
index 55f8c48b7..a2af78c71 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/relocation/RelocatorsTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/relocation/RelocatorsTest.kt
@@ -40,6 +40,27 @@ class RelocatorsTest {
       .isEqualTo("shadow.org.package.Bar")
   }
 
+  @Test
+  fun relocateTextChained() {
+    val relocators =
+      listOf(
+        SimpleRelocator("org.foo", "shaded.foo"),
+        SimpleRelocator("org.bar", "shaded.bar"),
+      )
+    assertThat(relocators.relocateText("org.foo.Foo, org.bar.Bar and other.Baz"))
+      .isEqualTo("shaded.foo.Foo, shaded.bar.Bar and other.Baz")
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  fun relocateTextOrder() {
+    val relocators =
+      listOf(
+        SimpleRelocator("org.foo", "org.bar"),
+        SimpleRelocator("org.bar", "org.baz"),
+      )
+    assertThat(relocators.relocateText("org.foo.Foo")).isEqualTo("org.baz.Foo")
+  }
+
   private companion object {
     val primitiveTypes = setOf('B', 'C', 'D', 'F', 'I', 'J', 'S', 'Z')
 
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/relocation/SimpleRelocatorTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/relocation/SimpleRelocatorTest.kt
index 4a88226aa..26ab52707 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/relocation/SimpleRelocatorTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/com/github/jengelman/gradle/plugins/shadow/relocation/SimpleRelocatorTest.kt
@@ -219,6 +219,29 @@ class SimpleRelocatorTest {
     assertThat(relocator.relocateClass("org.foo.bar.Class")).isEqualTo("private.stuff.bar.Class")
   }
 
+  @Test
+  fun relocateText() {
+    var relocator = SimpleRelocator("org.foo")
+    assertThat(
+        relocator.relocateText("org.foo.bar.Class, hidden.org.foo.bar.Class and org.foo.bar.Class")
+      )
+      .isEqualTo(
+        "hidden.org.foo.bar.Class, hidden.hidden.org.foo.bar.Class and hidden.org.foo.bar.Class"
+      )
+
+    relocator = SimpleRelocator("org.foo", "private.stuff")
+    assertThat(
+        relocator.relocateText("org.foo.bar.Class, private.stuff.bar.Class and org.foo.bar.Class")
+      )
+      .isEqualTo("private.stuff.bar.Class, private.stuff.bar.Class and private.stuff.bar.Class")
+
+    relocator = SimpleRelocator()
+    assertThat(relocator.relocateText("org.foo.bar.Class")).isEqualTo("org.foo.bar.Class")
+
+    relocator = SimpleRelocator("org.foo", "shaded.foo", rawString = true)
+    assertThat(relocator.relocateText("org.foo.bar.Class")).isEqualTo("org.foo.bar.Class")
+  }
+
   @Test
   fun relocateRawString() {
     var relocator = SimpleRelocator("Lorg/foo", "Lhidden/org/foo", rawString = true)