diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
index 079a664a5d..0f3a1d65b9 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
@@ -223,6 +223,8 @@
     </profiles>
 
     <properties>
+        <spring-boot.version>2.1.9.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
+        
         <thymeleaf.version>3.0.9.RELEASE</thymeleaf.version>
 
         <!-- persistence -->
diff --git a/spring-rest-angular/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/service/StudentServiceImpl.java b/spring-rest-angular/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/service/StudentServiceImpl.java
index c7bcdc5bd5..fdba0c0c2c 100644
--- a/spring-rest-angular/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/service/StudentServiceImpl.java
+++ b/spring-rest-angular/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/service/StudentServiceImpl.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ public class StudentServiceImpl implements StudentService {
 
     @Override
     public Page<Student> findPaginated(int page, int size) {
-        return dao.findAll(new PageRequest(page, size));
+        return dao.findAll(PageRequest.of(page, size));
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-mvc-boot/src/test/java/com/baeldung/relationships/SpringDataWithSecurityIntegrationTest.java b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-mvc-boot/src/test/java/com/baeldung/relationships/SpringDataWithSecurityIntegrationTest.java
index bd0c14ca1f..41f220df6f 100644
--- a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-mvc-boot/src/test/java/com/baeldung/relationships/SpringDataWithSecurityIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-mvc-boot/src/test/java/com/baeldung/relationships/SpringDataWithSecurityIntegrationTest.java
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public class SpringDataWithSecurityIntegrationTest {
             .setAuthentication(auth);
         Page<Tweet> page = null;
         do {
-            page = tweetRepository.getMyTweetsAndTheOnesILiked(new PageRequest(page != null ? page.getNumber() + 1 : 0, 5));
+            page = tweetRepository.getMyTweetsAndTheOnesILiked(PageRequest.of(page != null ? page.getNumber() + 1 : 0, 5));
             for (Tweet twt : page.getContent()) {
                 isTrue((twt.getOwner() == appUser.getUsername()) || (twt.getLikes()
                     .contains(appUser.getUsername())), "I do not have any Tweets");
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public class SpringDataWithSecurityIntegrationTest {
     public void givenNoAppUser_whenPaginatedResultsRetrievalAttempted_shouldFail() {
         Page<Tweet> page = null;
         do {
-            page = tweetRepository.getMyTweetsAndTheOnesILiked(new PageRequest(page != null ? page.getNumber() + 1 : 0, 5));
+            page = tweetRepository.getMyTweetsAndTheOnesILiked(PageRequest.of(page != null ? page.getNumber() + 1 : 0, 5));
         } while (page != null && page.hasNext());
     }
 }