Eclipse is not compiling my Groovy files - java

I'm using Eclipse and working on a J2EE project. We are trying to write Groovy/Spock tests for unit testing. The project is a Maven project and added Groovy nature to it. The problem is If I edit any of the Groovy test classes, It's doesn't get compiled. So running a test as Junit is not picking up the latest changes. I have to run a Maven build in order to pickup the recent changes test class.
My setup,
Groovy compiler 2.4
Installed Groovy-Eclipse plugin
Added Groovy nature to the project
Checked another question, it didn't help much
Another Question

Un checked, the following fixed the issue.
Preferences > Groovy > compiler > Enable script Folder support

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