diff --git a/src/libraries/System.IO.Compression/src/System/IO/Compression/ZipArchiveEntry.cs b/src/libraries/System.IO.Compression/src/System/IO/Compression/ZipArchiveEntry.cs
index 3d415f8e3690f1..bc005bcb4573d3 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.IO.Compression/src/System/IO/Compression/ZipArchiveEntry.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/System.IO.Compression/src/System/IO/Compression/ZipArchiveEntry.cs
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ internal void WriteCentralDirectoryFileHeader()
             }
 
 
-            if (_offsetOfLocalHeader > uint.MaxValue
+            if (OffsetTooLarge()
 #if DEBUG_FORCE_ZIP64
                 || _archive._forceZip64
 #endif
@@ -799,6 +799,10 @@ private bool IsOpenable(bool needToUncompress, bool needToLoadIntoMemory, out st
 
         private bool SizesTooLarge() => _compressedSize > uint.MaxValue || _uncompressedSize > uint.MaxValue;
 
+        private bool OffsetTooLarge() => _offsetOfLocalHeader > uint.MaxValue;
+
+        private bool ShouldUseZIP64() => SizesTooLarge() || OffsetTooLarge();
+
         // return value is true if we allocated an extra field for 64 bit headers, un/compressed size
         private bool WriteLocalFileHeader(bool isEmptyFile)
         {
@@ -813,6 +817,9 @@ private bool WriteLocalFileHeader(bool isEmptyFile)
             bool zip64Used = false;
             uint compressedSizeTruncated, uncompressedSizeTruncated;
 
+            // save offset
+            _offsetOfLocalHeader = writer.BaseStream.Position;
+
             // if we already know that we have an empty file don't worry about anything, just do a straight shot of the header
             if (isEmptyFile)
             {
@@ -840,7 +847,7 @@ private bool WriteLocalFileHeader(bool isEmptyFile)
                 {
                     // We are in seekable mode so we will not need to write a data descriptor
                     _generalPurposeBitFlag &= ~BitFlagValues.DataDescriptor;
-                    if (SizesTooLarge()
+                    if (ShouldUseZIP64()
 #if DEBUG_FORCE_ZIP64
                         || (_archive._forceZip64 && _archive.Mode == ZipArchiveMode.Update)
 #endif
@@ -865,9 +872,6 @@ private bool WriteLocalFileHeader(bool isEmptyFile)
                 }
             }
 
-            // save offset
-            _offsetOfLocalHeader = writer.BaseStream.Position;
-
             // calculate extra field. if zip64 stuff + original extraField aren't going to fit, dump the original extraField, because this is more important
             int bigExtraFieldLength = (zip64Used ? zip64ExtraField.TotalSize : 0)
                                       + (_lhUnknownExtraFields != null ? ZipGenericExtraField.TotalSize(_lhUnknownExtraFields) : 0);
@@ -964,7 +968,7 @@ private void WriteCrcAndSizesInLocalHeader(bool zip64HeaderUsed)
             long finalPosition = _archive.ArchiveStream.Position;
             BinaryWriter writer = new BinaryWriter(_archive.ArchiveStream);
 
-            bool zip64Needed = SizesTooLarge()
+            bool zip64Needed = ShouldUseZIP64()
 #if DEBUG_FORCE_ZIP64
                 || _archive._forceZip64
 #endif
diff --git a/src/libraries/System.IO.Compression/tests/ZipArchive/zip_LargeFiles.cs b/src/libraries/System.IO.Compression/tests/ZipArchive/zip_LargeFiles.cs
index d240a176b2b7a2..8401e172bf7c1a 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.IO.Compression/tests/ZipArchive/zip_LargeFiles.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/System.IO.Compression/tests/ZipArchive/zip_LargeFiles.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Reflection;
 using Xunit;
 
 namespace System.IO.Compression.Tests
@@ -44,5 +45,93 @@ public static void UnzipOver4GBZipFile()
                 tempDir.Delete(recursive: true);
             }
         }
+
+        private static void FillWithHardToCompressData(byte[] buffer)
+        {
+            Random.Shared.NextBytes(buffer);
+        }
+
+        [ConditionalTheory(typeof(PlatformDetection), nameof(PlatformDetection.IsSpeedOptimized), nameof(PlatformDetection.Is64BitProcess))] // don't run it on slower runtimes
+        [OuterLoop("It requires 5~6 GB of free disk space and a lot of CPU time for compressed tests")]
+        [InlineData(false)]
+        [InlineData(true)]
+        public static void CheckZIP64VersionIsSet_ForSmallFilesAfterBigFiles(bool isCompressed)
+        {
+            // issue #94899
+
+            byte[] smallBuffer = GC.AllocateUninitializedArray<byte>(1000);
+            byte[] largeBuffer = GC.AllocateUninitializedArray<byte>(1_000_000_000); // ~1 GB
+
+            string zipArchivePath = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), "over4GB.zip");
+
+            try
+            {
+                using FileStream fs = File.Open(zipArchivePath, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.ReadWrite);
+                const string LargeFileName = "largefile";
+                const string SmallFileName = "smallfile";
+                const uint ZipLocalFileHeader_OffsetToVersionFromHeaderStart = 4;
+                const ushort Zip64Version = 45;
+
+                {
+                    // Create
+
+                    var compressLevel = isCompressed ? CompressionLevel.Optimal : CompressionLevel.NoCompression;
+
+                    using var archive = new ZipArchive(fs, ZipArchiveMode.Create, true);
+                    ZipArchiveEntry file = archive.CreateEntry(LargeFileName, compressLevel);
+
+                    using (Stream stream = file.Open())
+                    {
+                        // Write 5GB of data
+
+                        const int HOW_MANY_GB_TO_WRITE = 5;
+
+                        for (var i = 0; i < HOW_MANY_GB_TO_WRITE; i++)
+                        {
+                            if (isCompressed)
+                            {
+                                FillWithHardToCompressData(largeBuffer);
+                            }
+
+                            stream.Write(largeBuffer);
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    file = archive.CreateEntry(SmallFileName, compressLevel);
+
+                    using (Stream stream = file.Open())
+                    {
+                        stream.Write(smallBuffer);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                fs.Position = 0;
+
+                {
+                    // Validate
+
+                    using var reader = new BinaryReader(fs);
+                    using var archive = new ZipArchive(fs, ZipArchiveMode.Read);
+                    FieldInfo offsetOfLHField = typeof(ZipArchiveEntry).GetField("_offsetOfLocalHeader", BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance);
+
+                    if (offsetOfLHField is null || offsetOfLHField.FieldType != typeof(long))
+                    {
+                        Assert.Fail("Cannot find the private field of _offsetOfLocalHeader in ZipArchiveEntry or the type is not long. Code may be changed after the test is written.");
+                    }
+
+                    foreach (ZipArchiveEntry entry in archive.Entries)
+                    {
+                        fs.Position = (long)offsetOfLHField.GetValue(entry) + ZipLocalFileHeader_OffsetToVersionFromHeaderStart;
+                        ushort versionNeeded = reader.ReadUInt16();
+
+                        Assert.True(versionNeeded == Zip64Version, "Version is not ZIP64 for files with Local Header at >4GB offset.");
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                File.Delete(zipArchivePath);
+            }
+        }
     }
 }