diff --git a/.idea/.gitignore b/.idea/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c847011b3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Default ignored files
+/shelf/
+/workspace.xml
+# Datasource local storage ignored files
+/../../../../../../:\WorkDir\GitHub\cwiki-us-demo\java-tutorials\.idea/dataSources/
+/dataSources.local.xml
+# Editor-based HTTP Client requests
+/httpRequests/
diff --git a/.idea/.name b/.idea/.name
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..872918e6ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/.name
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+parent-modules
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/codeStyles/Project.xml b/.idea/codeStyles/Project.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..919ce1f1f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/codeStyles/Project.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<component name="ProjectCodeStyleConfiguration">
+  <code_scheme name="Project" version="173">
+    <ScalaCodeStyleSettings>
+      <option name="MULTILINE_STRING_CLOSING_QUOTES_ON_NEW_LINE" value="true" />
+    </ScalaCodeStyleSettings>
+  </code_scheme>
+</component>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/codeStyles/codeStyleConfig.xml b/.idea/codeStyles/codeStyleConfig.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a55e7a179b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/codeStyles/codeStyleConfig.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<component name="ProjectCodeStyleConfiguration">
+  <state>
+    <option name="PREFERRED_PROJECT_CODE_STYLE" value="Default" />
+  </state>
+</component>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/compiler.xml b/.idea/compiler.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..15425c5383
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/compiler.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="CompilerConfiguration">
+    <bytecodeTargetLevel>
+      <module name="parent-modules" target="1.8" />
+    </bytecodeTargetLevel>
+  </component>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/encodings.xml b/.idea/encodings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..89fa6713f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/encodings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="Encoding">
+    <file url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/src/main/resources" charset="UTF-8" />
+  </component>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/jarRepositories.xml b/.idea/jarRepositories.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..712ab9d985
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/jarRepositories.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="RemoteRepositoriesConfiguration">
+    <remote-repository>
+      <option name="id" value="central" />
+      <option name="name" value="Central Repository" />
+      <option name="url" value="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2" />
+    </remote-repository>
+    <remote-repository>
+      <option name="id" value="central" />
+      <option name="name" value="Maven Central repository" />
+      <option name="url" value="https://repo1.maven.org/maven2" />
+    </remote-repository>
+    <remote-repository>
+      <option name="id" value="jboss.community" />
+      <option name="name" value="JBoss Community repository" />
+      <option name="url" value="https://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/repositories/public/" />
+    </remote-repository>
+  </component>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/vcs.xml b/.idea/vcs.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..35eb1ddfbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/vcs.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
+    <mapping directory="" vcs="Git" />
+  </component>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/parent-boot-2/pom.xml b/parent-boot-2/pom.xml
index b547936479..9df60a9a63 100644
--- a/parent-boot-2/pom.xml
+++ b/parent-boot-2/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project
+    xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>parent-boot-2</artifactId>
     <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
@@ -28,6 +31,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.rest-assured</groupId>
             <artifactId>rest-assured</artifactId>
+            <version>${rest-assured.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
@@ -78,6 +82,10 @@
         <rest-assured.version>3.3.0</rest-assured.version>
         <!-- plugins -->
         <thin.version>1.0.22.RELEASE</thin.version>
-        <spring-boot.version>2.1.7.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
+        <spring-boot.version>2.4.0</spring-boot.version>
+        <aspectjweaver.version>1.9.1</aspectjweaver.version>
+        <!-- this property can be removed once we update Mockito version in the main pom.xml -->
+        <mockito.version>3.4.0</mockito.version>
     </properties>
+
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1757246df7..a537254422 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -153,6 +153,8 @@
             </build>
 
             <modules>
+                <module>parent-boot-1</module>
+                <module>parent-boot-2</module>
                 <module>parent-java</module>
 
                 <module>java-jdi</module>