diff --git a/spring-5-reactive-client/pom.xml b/spring-5-reactive-client/pom.xml
index 7ae7ba6edd..5b773cc63f 100644
--- a/spring-5-reactive-client/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-5-reactive-client/pom.xml
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@
         <commons-collections4.version>4.1</commons-collections4.version>
         <jetty-reactive-httpclient.version>1.0.3</jetty-reactive-httpclient.version>
         <okhttp.version>4.0.1</okhttp.version>
+        <spring-boot.version>2.3.3.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>