diff --git a/packages/nx-gradle/src/generators/init/generator.ts b/packages/nx-gradle/src/generators/init/generator.ts
index aa1a81651..190564208 100644
--- a/packages/nx-gradle/src/generators/init/generator.ts
+++ b/packages/nx-gradle/src/generators/init/generator.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
   addProjectConfiguration,
   formatFiles,
   generateFiles,
+  installPackagesTask,
   joinPathFragments,
   logger,
   offsetFromRoot,
@@ -146,6 +147,10 @@ export async function initGenerator(
   if (!options.skipFormat) {
     await formatFiles(tree);
   }
+
+  return () => {
+    installPackagesTask(tree);
+  };
 }
 
 function updateNxJson(tree: Tree, options: NormalizedSchema) {
diff --git a/packages/nx-maven/src/generators/init/generator.ts b/packages/nx-maven/src/generators/init/generator.ts
index 3a574c012..846a6f3d7 100644
--- a/packages/nx-maven/src/generators/init/generator.ts
+++ b/packages/nx-maven/src/generators/init/generator.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {
   addProjectConfiguration,
   formatFiles,
   generateFiles,
+  installPackagesTask,
   joinPathFragments,
   logger,
   offsetFromRoot,
@@ -122,6 +123,10 @@ export async function initGenerator(
   if (!options.skipFormat) {
     await formatFiles(tree);
   }
+
+  return () => {
+    installPackagesTask(tree);
+  };
 }
 
 function updateNxJson(tree: Tree, options: NormalizedSchema) {
diff --git a/testing-projects/jnxplus-smoke/tests/nx-maven/quarkus.spec.ts b/testing-projects/jnxplus-smoke/tests/nx-maven/quarkus.spec.ts
index 32ae85156..8c92be961 100644
--- a/testing-projects/jnxplus-smoke/tests/nx-maven/quarkus.spec.ts
+++ b/testing-projects/jnxplus-smoke/tests/nx-maven/quarkus.spec.ts
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ describe('nx-maven quarkus smoke', () => {
       execSyncOptions(),
     );
 
+    execSync(`npx nx format --projects ${testLib}`, execSyncOptions());
+
     execSync(`npx nx test ${testLib}`, execSyncOptions());
 
     execSync(`npx nx run-many --target=build --parallel`, execSyncOptions());