diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/pom.xml
index 505cf254ff88..9190f2fdc464 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>3.4.0</version>
+        <version>3.5.0-M1</version>
         <relativePath/>
     </parent>
 
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.3.2</version>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
@@ -119,4 +120,12 @@
         <subethasmtp.version>7.0.2</subethasmtp.version>
     </properties>
 
+    <repositories>
+        <repository>
+            <id>repository.spring.milestones</id>
+            <name>Spring Milestones Repository</name>
+            <url>https://repo.spring.io/milestone/</url>
+        </repository>
+    </repositories>
+
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/resources/application.properties b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 58127107db6b..7e4eaeac97d1 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -24,3 +24,10 @@ spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.globally_quoted_identifiers=true
 
 logging.file.name=logs/app.log
 logging.file.path=logs
+
+spring.ssl.bundle.jks.server.keystore.location=classpath:ssl/baeldung.p12
+spring.ssl.bundle.jks.server.keystore.password=password
+spring.ssl.bundle.jks.server.keystore.type=PKCS12
+
+server.ssl.bundle=server
+server.ssl.enabled=false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/resources/ssl/baeldung.p12 b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/resources/ssl/baeldung.p12
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..06e184c117cd
Binary files /dev/null and b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/resources/ssl/baeldung.p12 differ