diff --git a/spring-batch/pom.xml b/spring-batch/pom.xml
index bca0030729..787aa87459 100644
--- a/spring-batch/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-batch/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-oxm</artifactId>
-            <version>${spring.version}</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
@@ -71,9 +70,8 @@
             <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
-
+    
     <properties>
-        <spring.version>6.0.6</spring.version>
         <opencsv.version>5.8</opencsv.version>
         <jakarta.xml.bind-api>4.0.0</jakarta.xml.bind-api>
         <jaxb.version>4.0.2</jaxb.version>
@@ -81,6 +79,8 @@
         <http-client.version>4.5.14</http-client.version>
         <jettison.version>1.5.3</jettison.version>
         <start-class>com.baeldung.batchtesting.SpringBatchApplication</start-class>
+        <spring-boot.version>3.2.2</spring-boot.version>
+        <junit-jupiter.version>5.10.2</junit-jupiter.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-batch/src/main/java/com/baeldung/batchtesting/SpringBatchConfiguration.java b/spring-batch/src/main/java/com/baeldung/batchtesting/SpringBatchConfiguration.java
index 547074ff84..c5067d5d94 100644
--- a/spring-batch/src/main/java/com/baeldung/batchtesting/SpringBatchConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-batch/src/main/java/com/baeldung/batchtesting/SpringBatchConfiguration.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import org.springframework.batch.item.json.JacksonJsonObjectMarshaller;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.json.JsonFileItemWriter;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.json.builder.JsonFileItemWriterBuilder;
 import org.springframework.batch.item.support.ListItemWriter;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ public class SpringBatchConfiguration {
     }
 
     @Bean(name = "transformBooksRecords")
-    public Job transformBookRecords(JobRepository jobRepository, Step step1, Step step2) {
+    public Job transformBookRecords(JobRepository jobRepository, @Qualifier("step1") Step step1, @Qualifier("step2") Step step2) {
         // @formatter:off
         return new JobBuilder("transformBooksRecords", jobRepository)
           .flow(step1)