diff --git a/spring-geode-tests/smoke-tests/spring-initializer/spring-geode-smoke-tests-initializer.gradle b/spring-geode-tests/smoke-tests/spring-initializer/spring-geode-smoke-tests-initializer.gradle
index 94e620c0..d5ccae46 100644
--- a/spring-geode-tests/smoke-tests/spring-initializer/spring-geode-smoke-tests-initializer.gradle
+++ b/spring-geode-tests/smoke-tests/spring-initializer/spring-geode-smoke-tests-initializer.gradle
@@ -2,17 +2,20 @@ apply plugin: 'io.spring.convention.spring-test'
 
 description = "Smoke Tests to assert that a Spring for Apache Geode project generated from Spring Initializer is a standard, non-Webapp Spring Boot application."
 
+/*
 repositories {
 	mavenCentral()
 	maven { url 'https://repo.spring.io/milestone' }
 	maven { url 'https://repo.spring.io/snapshot' }
 }
+*/
 
 dependencies {
 
 	implementation "org.assertj:assertj-core"
 
-	implementation "org.springframework.geode:spring-geode-starter:$version"
+	implementation project(':spring-geode-starter')
+//	implementation "org.springframework.geode:spring-geode-starter:$version"
 
 	testImplementation('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test') {
 		exclude group: 'org.junit.vintage', module: 'junit-vintage-engine'