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/test/testUtil.ts b/extension/src/test/testUtil.ts
index 45ca12f0e..be0f6c33b 100644
--- a/extension/src/test/testUtil.ts
+++ b/extension/src/test/testUtil.ts
@@ -86,13 +86,13 @@ export function stubWorkspaceFolders(workspaceFolders: vscode.WorkspaceFolder[])
     const getWorkspaceFolderStub = sinon.stub(vscode.workspace, "getWorkspaceFolder");
     const dirnameStub = sinon.stub(path, "dirname");
     workspaceFolders.forEach((workspaceFolder) => {
-        existsSyncStub.withArgs(path.join(workspaceFolder.uri.fsPath, "gradlew")).returns(true);
+        existsSyncStub.withArgs(path.join(workspaceFolder.uri.fsPath, "settings.gradle")).returns(true);
         getWorkspaceFolderStub.withArgs(sinon.match.has("fsPath", workspaceFolder.uri.fsPath)).returns(workspaceFolder);
         dirnameStub.withArgs(workspaceFolder.uri.fsPath).returns(workspaceFolder.uri.fsPath);
     });
     sinon
         .stub(vscode.workspace, "findFiles")
-        .withArgs("**/{gradlew,gradlew.bat}")
+        .withArgs("**/{settings.gradle,settings.gradle.kts}")
         .returns(Promise.resolve(workspaceFolders.map((folder) => folder.uri)));
 }
 
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"))
     );
 }