diff --git a/swh/loader/package/maven/loader.py b/swh/loader/package/maven/loader.py
--- a/swh/loader/package/maven/loader.py
+++ b/swh/loader/package/maven/loader.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import requests
 from typing_extensions import TypedDict
 
+from swh.loader.exception import NotFound
 from swh.loader.package.loader import (
     BasePackageInfo,
     PackageLoader,
@@ -87,10 +88,12 @@
         time = iso8601.parse_date(a_metadata["time"]).astimezone(tz=timezone.utc)
         url = a_metadata["url"]
         checksums = {}
-        try:
-            checksums["sha1"] = get_url_body(url + ".sha1").decode()
-        except requests.HTTPError:
-            pass
+        for algo in ("sha1", "md5"):
+            try:
+                checksums[algo] = get_url_body(url + f".{algo}").decode()
+                break
+            except (requests.HTTPError, NotFound):
+                pass
         return cls(
             url=url,
             filename=a_metadata.get("filename") or path.split(url)[-1],
diff --git a/swh/loader/package/maven/tests/data/https_repo1.maven.org/maven2_al_aldi_sprova4j_0.1.0_sprova4j-0.1.0-sources.jar.md5 b/swh/loader/package/maven/tests/data/https_repo1.maven.org/maven2_al_aldi_sprova4j_0.1.0_sprova4j-0.1.0-sources.jar.md5
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/swh/loader/package/maven/tests/data/https_repo1.maven.org/maven2_al_aldi_sprova4j_0.1.0_sprova4j-0.1.0-sources.jar.md5
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+c380281ccea02c95519a77dd96112d59
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/swh/loader/package/maven/tests/data/https_repo1.maven.org/maven2_al_aldi_sprova4j_0.1.0_sprova4j-0.1.0-sources.jar.sha1 b/swh/loader/package/maven/tests/data/https_repo1.maven.org/maven2_al_aldi_sprova4j_0.1.0_sprova4j-0.1.0-sources.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/swh/loader/package/maven/tests/data/https_repo1.maven.org/maven2_al_aldi_sprova4j_0.1.0_sprova4j-0.1.0-sources.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-6976e186000753610a63713677f42f0228f04e64
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/swh/loader/package/maven/tests/test_maven.py b/swh/loader/package/maven/tests/test_maven.py
--- a/swh/loader/package/maven/tests/test_maven.py
+++ b/swh/loader/package/maven/tests/test_maven.py
@@ -271,6 +271,10 @@
         "snapshot": 1,
     } == stats
 
+    for version in loader.get_versions():
+        _, package_info = next(loader.get_package_info(version))
+        assert package_info.checksums
+
 
 def test_maven_loader_2_visits_without_change(
     swh_storage, requests_mock, expected_snapshot
@@ -301,12 +305,14 @@
     urls_history = [str(req.url) for req in list(requests_mock.request_history)]
     assert urls_history == [
         MVN_ARTIFACTS[0]["url"] + ".sha1",
+        MVN_ARTIFACTS[0]["url"] + ".md5",
         MVN_ARTIFACTS[1]["url"] + ".sha1",
         MVN_ARTIFACTS[0]["url"],
         MVN_ARTIFACTS_POM[0],
         MVN_ARTIFACTS[1]["url"],
         MVN_ARTIFACTS_POM[1],
         MVN_ARTIFACTS[0]["url"] + ".sha1",
+        MVN_ARTIFACTS[0]["url"] + ".md5",
         MVN_ARTIFACTS[1]["url"] + ".sha1",
     ]