diff --git a/spring-geode-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/geode/boot/autoconfigure/ClientSecurityAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-geode-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/geode/boot/autoconfigure/ClientSecurityAutoConfiguration.java
index 282c91e9..3fbbcccd 100644
--- a/spring-geode-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/geode/boot/autoconfigure/ClientSecurityAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-geode-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/geode/boot/autoconfigure/ClientSecurityAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import java.util.Properties;
 import org.apache.geode.cache.GemFireCache;
 import org.apache.geode.cache.client.ClientCache;
 
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringBootConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfigureBefore;
@@ -36,22 +38,17 @@ import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
 import org.springframework.boot.cloud.CloudPlatform;
 import org.springframework.boot.env.EnvironmentPostProcessor;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Conditional;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.core.env.ConfigurableEnvironment;
 import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
 import org.springframework.core.env.PropertySource;
 import org.springframework.data.gemfire.client.ClientCacheFactoryBean;
 import org.springframework.data.gemfire.config.annotation.EnableSecurity;
-import org.springframework.data.gemfire.config.annotation.support.AutoConfiguredAuthenticationInitializer;
 import org.springframework.geode.core.env.VcapPropertySource;
 import org.springframework.geode.core.env.support.CloudCacheService;
 import org.springframework.geode.core.env.support.User;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-
 /**
  * Spring Boot {@link EnableAutoConfiguration auto-configuration} enabling Apache Geode's Security functionality,
  * and specifically Authentication between a client and server using Spring Data Geode Security annotations.
@@ -113,11 +110,8 @@ public class ClientSecurityAutoConfiguration {
 
 	private static final String POOL_LOCATORS_PROPERTY = "spring.data.gemfire.pool.locators";
 
-	private static final String SECURITY_USERNAME_PROPERTY =
-		AutoConfiguredAuthenticationInitializer.SDG_SECURITY_USERNAME_PROPERTY;
-
-	private static final String SECURITY_PASSWORD_PROPERTY =
-		AutoConfiguredAuthenticationInitializer.SDG_SECURITY_PASSWORD_PROPERTY;
+	private static final String SECURITY_USERNAME_PROPERTY = "spring.data.gemfire.security.username";
+	private static final String SECURITY_PASSWORD_PROPERTY = "spring.data.gemfire.security.password";
 
 	private static final String SSL_USE_DEFAULT_CONTEXT_PROPERTY =
 		"spring.data.gemfire.security.ssl.use-default-context";
diff --git a/spring-geode-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/geode/boot/autoconfigure/RegionTemplateAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-geode-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/geode/boot/autoconfigure/RegionTemplateAutoConfiguration.java
index c24b823c..fbdd5e37 100644
--- a/spring-geode-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/geode/boot/autoconfigure/RegionTemplateAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-geode-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/geode/boot/autoconfigure/RegionTemplateAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnClass;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.event.ContextRefreshedEvent;
 import org.springframework.context.event.EventListener;
 import org.springframework.core.type.StandardMethodMetadata;
@@ -58,8 +57,8 @@ import org.springframework.data.gemfire.ResolvableRegionFactoryBean;
 import org.springframework.data.gemfire.config.xml.GemfireConstants;
 import org.springframework.data.gemfire.util.ArrayUtils;
 import org.springframework.data.gemfire.util.CollectionUtils;
-import org.springframework.data.gemfire.util.SpringUtils;
 import org.springframework.geode.config.annotation.support.TypelessAnnotationConfigSupport;
+import org.springframework.geode.core.util.SpringExtensions;
 import org.springframework.lang.NonNull;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
@@ -137,7 +136,7 @@ public class RegionTemplateAutoConfiguration extends TypelessAnnotationConfigSup
 							userRegionTemplateNames.add(beanName);
 						}
 						else if (isBeanWithGemfireTemplateDependency(beanFactory, beanDefinition)) {
-							SpringUtils.addDependsOn(beanDefinition, GemfireConstants.DEFAULT_GEMFIRE_CACHE_NAME);
+							SpringExtensions.addDependsOn(beanDefinition, GemfireConstants.DEFAULT_GEMFIRE_CACHE_NAME);
 						}
 					}
 				}
@@ -213,7 +212,7 @@ public class RegionTemplateAutoConfiguration extends TypelessAnnotationConfigSup
 
 		this.autoConfiguredRegionTemplateBeanNames.stream()
 			.map(registry::getBeanDefinition)
-			.forEach(beanDefinition -> SpringUtils.addDependsOn(beanDefinition, dependencyBeanNamesArray));
+			.forEach(beanDefinition -> SpringExtensions.addDependsOn(beanDefinition, dependencyBeanNamesArray));
 	}
 
 	// Required by @EnableClusterDefinedRegions & Native-Defined Regions (e.g. Regions defined in "cache.xml").
diff --git a/spring-geode/src/main/java/org/springframework/geode/config/annotation/SecurityManagerProxyConfiguration.java b/spring-geode/src/main/java/org/springframework/geode/config/annotation/SecurityManagerProxyConfiguration.java
index d6facfbc..0ab90daa 100644
--- a/spring-geode/src/main/java/org/springframework/geode/config/annotation/SecurityManagerProxyConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-geode/src/main/java/org/springframework/geode/config/annotation/SecurityManagerProxyConfiguration.java
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ package org.springframework.geode.config.annotation;
 
 import java.util.Properties;
 
+import org.apache.geode.cache.Cache;
+
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationListener;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.event.ContextRefreshedEvent;
@@ -46,9 +49,11 @@ public class SecurityManagerProxyConfiguration implements ApplicationListener<Co
 	@Override
 	public void onApplicationEvent(ContextRefreshedEvent event) {
 
+		ApplicationContext applicationContext = event.getApplicationContext();
+
 		SecurityManagerProxy securityManagerProxy = SecurityManagerProxy.getInstance();
 
-		securityManagerProxy.setBeanFactory(event.getApplicationContext().getAutowireCapableBeanFactory());
-		securityManagerProxy.init(new Properties());
+		securityManagerProxy.setBeanFactory(applicationContext.getAutowireCapableBeanFactory());
+		securityManagerProxy.initialize(applicationContext.getBean(Cache.class), new Properties());
 	}
 }
diff --git a/spring-geode/src/main/java/org/springframework/geode/context/annotation/RefreshableAnnotationConfigApplicationContext.java b/spring-geode/src/main/java/org/springframework/geode/context/annotation/RefreshableAnnotationConfigApplicationContext.java
index f5a9e948..4843016e 100644
--- a/spring-geode/src/main/java/org/springframework/geode/context/annotation/RefreshableAnnotationConfigApplicationContext.java
+++ b/spring-geode/src/main/java/org/springframework/geode/context/annotation/RefreshableAnnotationConfigApplicationContext.java
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableBeanFactory;
@@ -38,15 +40,12 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.ScopeMetadataResolver;
 import org.springframework.context.support.AbstractRefreshableConfigApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.data.gemfire.config.annotation.PeerCacheApplication;
 import org.springframework.data.gemfire.util.ArrayUtils;
-import org.springframework.data.gemfire.util.SpringUtils;
+import org.springframework.geode.core.util.SpringExtensions;
 import org.springframework.lang.NonNull;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-
 /**
  * A {@literal refreshable} {@link ApplicationContext} capable of loading {@link Class component classes} used for
  * {@link Annotation} based configuration in addition to scanning {@link String configuration locations}, and then
@@ -314,7 +313,7 @@ public class RefreshableAnnotationConfigApplicationContext extends AbstractRefre
 	 */
 	@Override
 	protected void prepareRefresh() {
-		this.beanFactory = (DefaultListableBeanFactory) SpringUtils.safeGetValue(this::getBeanFactory);
+		this.beanFactory = (DefaultListableBeanFactory) SpringExtensions.safeGetValue(this::getBeanFactory);
 		super.prepareRefresh();
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-geode/src/main/java/org/springframework/geode/core/util/SpringExtensions.java b/spring-geode/src/main/java/org/springframework/geode/core/util/SpringExtensions.java
index 3fff8fe6..4f717c2b 100644
--- a/spring-geode/src/main/java/org/springframework/geode/core/util/SpringExtensions.java
+++ b/spring-geode/src/main/java/org/springframework/geode/core/util/SpringExtensions.java
@@ -34,10 +34,11 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
  * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition
  * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionRegistry
  * @see org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext
+ * @see org.springframework.data.gemfire.util.SpringExtensions
  * @since 1.6.0
  */
 @SuppressWarnings("unused")
-public abstract class SpringExtensions {
+public abstract class SpringExtensions extends org.springframework.data.gemfire.util.SpringExtensions {
 
 	public static final String BEAN_DEFINITION_METADATA_JSON = "{\n"
 		+ "\t'beanName': '%1$s',%n"
diff --git a/spring-geode/src/main/java/org/springframework/geode/security/support/SecurityManagerProxy.java b/spring-geode/src/main/java/org/springframework/geode/security/support/SecurityManagerProxy.java
index 9d43e826..4e186008 100644
--- a/spring-geode/src/main/java/org/springframework/geode/security/support/SecurityManagerProxy.java
+++ b/spring-geode/src/main/java/org/springframework/geode/security/support/SecurityManagerProxy.java
@@ -171,6 +171,11 @@ public class SecurityManagerProxy extends LazyWiringDeclarableSupport
 		INSTANCE.set(null);
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public void init(Properties props) {
+		super.init(props);
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	protected BeanFactory locateBeanFactory() {
 		return this.beanFactory != null ? this.beanFactory : super.locateBeanFactory();