diff --git a/eclipse/spring-boot-project.setup b/eclipse/spring-boot-project.setup
index c644c293cb..f2c947c1fa 100644
--- a/eclipse/spring-boot-project.setup
+++ b/eclipse/spring-boot-project.setup
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@
     <setupTask
         xsi:type="setup:PreferenceTask"
         key="/instance/org.eclipse.m2e.core/eclipse.m2.hideFoldersOfNestedProjects"
-        value="true"/>
+        value="false"/>
     <setupTask
         xsi:type="setup:PreferenceTask"
         key="/instance/org.eclipse.m2e.core/eclipse.m2.updateIndexes"