diff --git a/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/batch/SpringBatchRetryConfig.java b/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/batch/SpringBatchRetryConfig.java
index 0144412c58..97f1eff3ea 100644
--- a/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/batch/SpringBatchRetryConfig.java
+++ b/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/batch/SpringBatchRetryConfig.java
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package org.baeldung.batch;
 
+import org.apache.http.client.config.RequestConfig;
 import org.apache.http.conn.ConnectTimeoutException;
+import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
+import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClientBuilder;
 import org.baeldung.batch.model.Transaction;
 import org.baeldung.batch.service.RecordFieldSetMapper;
 import org.baeldung.batch.service.RetryItemProcessor;
@@ -12,7 +15,6 @@ import org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.annotation.StepBuilderFactor
 import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemProcessor;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemReader;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemWriter;
-import org.springframework.batch.item.UnexpectedInputException;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.file.FlatFileItemReader;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.file.mapping.DefaultLineMapper;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.file.transform.DelimitedLineTokenizer;
@@ -35,6 +37,8 @@ public class SpringBatchRetryConfig {
     
     private static final String[] tokens = { "username", "userid", "transactiondate", "amount" };
 
+    private static final int TWO_SECONDS = 2000;
+
     @Autowired
     private JobBuilderFactory jobBuilderFactory;
 
@@ -47,7 +51,7 @@ public class SpringBatchRetryConfig {
     @Value("file:xml/retryOutput.xml")
     private Resource outputXml;
 
-    public ItemReader<Transaction> itemReader(Resource inputData) throws Exception {
+    public ItemReader<Transaction> itemReader(Resource inputData) throws ParseException {
         DelimitedLineTokenizer tokenizer = new DelimitedLineTokenizer();
         tokenizer.setNames(tokens);
         DefaultLineMapper<Transaction> lineMapper = new DefaultLineMapper<>();
@@ -60,6 +64,12 @@ public class SpringBatchRetryConfig {
         return reader;
     }
 
+    @Bean
+    public CloseableHttpClient closeableHttpClient() {
+        final RequestConfig config = RequestConfig.custom().setConnectTimeout(TWO_SECONDS).build();
+        return HttpClientBuilder.create().setDefaultRequestConfig(config).build();
+    }
+
     @Bean
     public ItemProcessor<Transaction, Transaction> retryItemProcessor() {
         return new RetryItemProcessor();
diff --git a/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/batch/service/RetryItemProcessor.java b/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/batch/service/RetryItemProcessor.java
index 8f01dea6a8..d4e82452a7 100644
--- a/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/batch/service/RetryItemProcessor.java
+++ b/spring-batch/src/main/java/org/baeldung/batch/service/RetryItemProcessor.java
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 package org.baeldung.batch.service;
 
 import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
-import org.apache.http.client.config.RequestConfig;
 import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
-import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClientBuilder;
 import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils;
 import org.baeldung.batch.model.Transaction;
 import org.codehaus.jettison.json.JSONException;
@@ -12,21 +10,16 @@ import org.codehaus.jettison.json.JSONObject;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemProcessor;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 public class RetryItemProcessor implements ItemProcessor<Transaction, Transaction> {
 
     private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(RetryItemProcessor.class);
-    
-    private static final int TWO_SECONDS = 2000;
-    
-    private CloseableHttpClient client;
 
-    public RetryItemProcessor() {
-        final RequestConfig config = RequestConfig.custom().setConnectTimeout(TWO_SECONDS).build();
-        client = HttpClientBuilder.create().setDefaultRequestConfig(config).build();
-    }
+    @Autowired
+    private CloseableHttpClient closeableHttpClient;
 
     @Override
     public Transaction process(Transaction transaction) throws IOException, JSONException {
@@ -44,6 +37,6 @@ public class RetryItemProcessor implements ItemProcessor<Transaction, Transactio
 
     private HttpResponse fetchMoreUserDetails(int id) throws IOException {
         final HttpGet request = new HttpGet("http://www.baeldung.com:81/user/" + id);
-        return client.execute(request);
+        return closeableHttpClient.execute(request);
     }
 }
diff --git a/spring-batch/src/test/java/org/baeldung/batch/SpringBatchRetryIntegrationTest.java b/spring-batch/src/test/java/org/baeldung/batch/SpringBatchRetryIntegrationTest.java
index ba38a60df0..76e04dd5a6 100644
--- a/spring-batch/src/test/java/org/baeldung/batch/SpringBatchRetryIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/spring-batch/src/test/java/org/baeldung/batch/SpringBatchRetryIntegrationTest.java
@@ -52,13 +52,12 @@ public class SpringBatchRetryIntegrationTest {
     private JobLauncherTestUtils jobLauncherTestUtils;
 
     @Mock
-    private CloseableHttpClient httpClient;
+    private CloseableHttpClient closeableHttpClient;
 
     @Mock
     private CloseableHttpResponse httpResponse;
 
     @InjectMocks
-    @Autowired
     private RetryItemProcessor retryItemProcessor;
 
     @Before
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ public class SpringBatchRetryIntegrationTest {
 
     @Test
     public void whenEndpointAlwaysFailing_thenJobFails() throws Exception {
-        when(httpClient.execute(any())).thenThrow(new ConnectTimeoutException("Endpoint is down"));
+        when(closeableHttpClient.execute(any())).thenThrow(new ConnectTimeoutException("Endpoint is down"));
 
         JobExecution jobExecution = jobLauncherTestUtils.launchJob(defaultJobParameters());
         JobInstance actualJobInstance = jobExecution.getJobInstance();
@@ -86,7 +85,7 @@ public class SpringBatchRetryIntegrationTest {
 
         //fails for first two calls and passes third time onwards
         when(httpResponse.getEntity()).thenReturn(new StringEntity("{ \"age\":10, \"postCode\":\"430222\" }"));
-        when(httpClient.execute(any()))
+        when(closeableHttpClient.execute(any()))
             .thenThrow(new ConnectTimeoutException("Timeout count 1"))
             .thenThrow(new ConnectTimeoutException("Timeout count 2"))
             .thenReturn(httpResponse);