diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck.properties b/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck.properties
index 6a737631c..6bbba2235 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck.properties
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck.properties
@@ -70,3 +70,6 @@ analyzer.nexus.proxy=true
 # the URL for searching search.maven.org for SHA-1 and whether it's enabled
 analyzer.central.enabled=true
 analyzer.central.url=http://search.maven.org/solrsearch/select
+
+# the number of nested archives that will be searched.
+archive.scan.depth=3
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