diff --git a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/utils/SpringIndexerJava.java b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/utils/SpringIndexerJava.java
index 692176bb9..a27b9b013 100644
--- a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/utils/SpringIndexerJava.java
+++ b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/java/utils/SpringIndexerJava.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public class SpringIndexerJava implements SpringIndexer {
 
 	// whenever the implementation of the indexer changes in a way that the stored data in the cache is no longer valid,
 	// we need to change the generation - this will result in a re-indexing due to no up-to-date cache data being found
-	private static final String GENERATION = "GEN-2";
+	private static final String GENERATION = "GEN-3";
 
 	private final SymbolHandler symbolHandler;
 	private final AnnotationHierarchyAwareLookup<SymbolProvider> symbolProviders;