diff --git a/llama-index-integrations/readers/llama-index-readers-papers/CHANGELOG.md b/llama-index-integrations/readers/llama-index-readers-papers/CHANGELOG.md
index b3813e3c4c6cd8c90fb9ec0409c2d7ce6ca38304..dd6a1fbc7162f8b9f827834e44542a28d5c1e8c6 100644
--- a/llama-index-integrations/readers/llama-index-readers-papers/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/llama-index-integrations/readers/llama-index-readers-papers/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
+## [0.1.6] - 2024-05-19
+
+- Fix issue with hidden temporary folder (#13577)
+
 ## [0.1.5] - 2024-05-07
 
 ### Bug Fixes
diff --git a/llama-index-integrations/readers/llama-index-readers-papers/llama_index/readers/papers/arxiv/base.py b/llama-index-integrations/readers/llama-index-readers-papers/llama_index/readers/papers/arxiv/base.py
index 6519b4e78e6890dc71ecc8140876418bde453309..cb29bab2c4107d58edc8cc9bbee618c4db053534 100644
--- a/llama-index-integrations/readers/llama-index-readers-papers/llama_index/readers/papers/arxiv/base.py
+++ b/llama-index-integrations/readers/llama-index-readers-papers/llama_index/readers/papers/arxiv/base.py
@@ -147,7 +147,9 @@ class ArxivReader(BaseReader):
             return paper_lookup[os.path.basename(filename)]
 
         arxiv_documents = SimpleDirectoryReader(
-            papers_dir, file_metadata=get_paper_metadata
+            papers_dir,
+            file_metadata=get_paper_metadata,
+            exclude_hidden=False,  # default directory is hidden ".papers"
         ).load_data()
         # Include extra documents containing the abstracts
         abstract_documents = []
diff --git a/llama-index-integrations/readers/llama-index-readers-papers/pyproject.toml b/llama-index-integrations/readers/llama-index-readers-papers/pyproject.toml
index 0cb2c74567e189cf481ad1e7ffe81e1020174edd..31ec330259ff9eafbd543c232b7797a8fdd0df60 100644
--- a/llama-index-integrations/readers/llama-index-readers-papers/pyproject.toml
+++ b/llama-index-integrations/readers/llama-index-readers-papers/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ license = "MIT"
 maintainers = ["thejessezhang"]
 name = "llama-index-readers-papers"
 readme = "README.md"
-version = "0.1.5"
+version = "0.1.6"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = ">=3.8.1,<4.0"