diff --git a/extension/src/stores/RootProjectsStore.ts b/extension/src/stores/RootProjectsStore.ts
index f694e8b6e..2f07a6f89 100644
--- a/extension/src/stores/RootProjectsStore.ts
+++ b/extension/src/stores/RootProjectsStore.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { RootProject } from "../rootProject/RootProject";
 import { GRADLE_BUILD_FILE_NAMES } from "../constant";
 
 async function getNestedRootProjectFolders(): Promise<string[]> {
-    const matchingNestedWrapperFiles = await vscode.workspace.findFiles("**/{gradlew,gradlew.bat}");
+    const matchingNestedWrapperFiles = await vscode.workspace.findFiles("**/{settings.gradle,settings.gradle.kts}");
     return [...new Set(matchingNestedWrapperFiles.map((uri) => path.dirname(uri.fsPath)))];
 }
 
diff --git a/extension/src/util/index.ts b/extension/src/util/index.ts
index 27d9ba0ef..cf05ca677 100644
--- a/extension/src/util/index.ts
+++ b/extension/src/util/index.ts
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ export function waitOnTcp(host: string, port: number): Promise<void> {
 
 export function isGradleRootProject(rootProject: RootProject): boolean {
     return (
-        fs.existsSync(path.join(rootProject.getProjectUri().fsPath, "gradlew")) ||
-        fs.existsSync(path.join(rootProject.getProjectUri().fsPath, "gradlew.bat"))
+        fs.existsSync(path.join(rootProject.getProjectUri().fsPath, "settings.gradle")) ||
+        fs.existsSync(path.join(rootProject.getProjectUri().fsPath, "settings.gradle.kts"))
     );
 }