diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/amqp/RabbitAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/amqp/RabbitAutoConfiguration.java
index ff3ec81253..17edff7565 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/amqp/RabbitAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/amqp/RabbitAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.amqp;
 
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Objects;
 
 import com.rabbitmq.client.Channel;
 
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@ import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.PropertyMapper;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
-import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
 
 /**
  * {@link EnableAutoConfiguration Auto-configuration} for {@link RabbitTemplate}.
@@ -93,11 +91,6 @@ public class RabbitAutoConfiguration {
 	@ConditionalOnMissingBean(ConnectionFactory.class)
 	protected static class RabbitConnectionFactoryCreator {
 
-		// Only available in rabbitmq-java-client 5.4.0 +
-		private static final boolean CAN_ENABLE_HOSTNAME_VERIFICATION = ReflectionUtils
-				.findMethod(com.rabbitmq.client.ConnectionFactory.class,
-						"enableHostnameVerification") != null;
-
 		@Bean
 		public CachingConnectionFactory rabbitConnectionFactory(
 				RabbitProperties properties,
@@ -149,11 +142,8 @@ public class RabbitAutoConfiguration {
 				map.from(ssl::getTrustStorePassword).to(factory::setTrustStorePassphrase);
 				map.from(ssl::isValidateServerCertificate).to((validate) -> factory
 						.setSkipServerCertificateValidation(!validate));
-				map.from(ssl::getVerifyHostname).when(Objects::nonNull)
+				map.from(ssl::getVerifyHostname)
 						.to(factory::setEnableHostnameVerification);
-				if (ssl.getVerifyHostname() == null && CAN_ENABLE_HOSTNAME_VERIFICATION) {
-					factory.setEnableHostnameVerification(true);
-				}
 			}
 			map.from(properties::getConnectionTimeout).whenNonNull()
 					.asInt(Duration::toMillis).to(factory::setConnectionTimeout);
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/amqp/RabbitProperties.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/amqp/RabbitProperties.java
index 44a9157f3a..1a6cc3ffee 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/amqp/RabbitProperties.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/amqp/RabbitProperties.java
@@ -356,10 +356,9 @@ public class RabbitProperties {
 		private boolean validateServerCertificate = true;
 
 		/**
-		 * Whether to enable hostname verification. Requires AMQP client 4.8 or above and
-		 * defaults to true when a suitable client version is used.
+		 * Whether to enable hostname verification.
 		 */
-		private Boolean verifyHostname;
+		private boolean verifyHostname = true;
 
 		public boolean isEnabled() {
 			return this.enabled;
@@ -433,11 +432,11 @@ public class RabbitProperties {
 			this.validateServerCertificate = validateServerCertificate;
 		}
 
-		public Boolean getVerifyHostname() {
+		public boolean getVerifyHostname() {
 			return this.verifyHostname;
 		}
 
-		public void setVerifyHostname(Boolean verifyHostname) {
+		public void setVerifyHostname(boolean verifyHostname) {
 			this.verifyHostname = verifyHostname;
 		}
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
index 5a9c101c4e..3539d84ced 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
 		<postgresql.version>42.2.4</postgresql.version>
 		<quartz.version>2.3.0</quartz.version>
 		<querydsl.version>4.2.1</querydsl.version>
-		<rabbit-amqp-client.version>5.3.0</rabbit-amqp-client.version>
+		<rabbit-amqp-client.version>5.4.0</rabbit-amqp-client.version>
 		<reactor-bom.version>Californium-M2</reactor-bom.version>
 		<rest-assured.version>3.1.1</rest-assured.version>
 		<reactive-streams.version>1.0.2</reactive-streams.version>
diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-amqp/pom.xml b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-amqp/pom.xml
index c6a66a6100..ab7de9b2a4 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-amqp/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-amqp/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 	<description>Spring Boot AMQP Sample</description>
 	<properties>
 		<main.basedir>${basedir}/../..</main.basedir>
-		<rabbit-amqp-client.version>5.4.0</rabbit-amqp-client.version>
 	</properties>
 	<dependencies>
 		<!-- Compile -->