diff --git a/eclipse-language-servers/org.springframework.tooling.boot.ls/plugin.xml b/eclipse-language-servers/org.springframework.tooling.boot.ls/plugin.xml
index 94dd8ce06..6e01405b7 100644
--- a/eclipse-language-servers/org.springframework.tooling.boot.ls/plugin.xml
+++ b/eclipse-language-servers/org.springframework.tooling.boot.ls/plugin.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@
       </content-type>
       <file-association
             content-type="org.springframework.boot.ide.properties.application.properties"
-            file-names="application.properties,application-dev.properties">
+            file-names="application.properties,application-dev.properties"
+            file-patterns="application-*.properties">
       </file-association>
    </extension>
    
@@ -50,7 +51,8 @@
       </content-type>
       <file-association
             content-type="org.springframework.boot.ide.properties.application.yml"
-            file-names="application.yml,bootstrap.yml,application-dev.yml">
+            file-names="application.yml,bootstrap.yml,application-dev.yml"
+            file-patterns="application-*.yml">
       </file-association>
    </extension>