diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/flyway/FlywayAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/flyway/FlywayAutoConfiguration.java
index f734a7f137..fe146eed9a 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/flyway/FlywayAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/flyway/FlywayAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -173,9 +173,6 @@ public class FlywayAutoConfiguration {
 			map.from(locations).to(configuration::locations);
 			map.from(properties.getEncoding()).to(configuration::encoding);
 			map.from(properties.getConnectRetries()).to(configuration::connectRetries);
-			// No method reference for compatibility with Flyway 6.x
-			map.from(properties.getLockRetryCount())
-					.to((lockRetryCount) -> configuration.lockRetryCount(lockRetryCount));
 			// No method reference for compatibility with Flyway 5.x
 			map.from(properties.getDefaultSchema()).to((schema) -> configuration.defaultSchema(schema));
 			map.from(properties.getSchemas()).as(StringUtils::toStringArray).to(configuration::schemas);
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/flyway/FlywayProperties.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/flyway/FlywayProperties.java
index 142a459576..d575a973cb 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/flyway/FlywayProperties.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/flyway/FlywayProperties.java
@@ -64,11 +64,6 @@ public class FlywayProperties {
 	 */
 	private int connectRetries;
 
-	/**
-	 * Maximum number of retries when trying to obtain a lock.
-	 */
-	private Integer lockRetryCount;
-
 	/**
 	 * Default schema name managed by Flyway (case-sensitive).
 	 */
@@ -368,14 +363,6 @@ public class FlywayProperties {
 		this.connectRetries = connectRetries;
 	}
 
-	public Integer getLockRetryCount() {
-		return this.lockRetryCount;
-	}
-
-	public void setLockRetryCount(Integer lockRetryCount) {
-		this.lockRetryCount = lockRetryCount;
-	}
-
 	public String getDefaultSchema() {
 		return this.defaultSchema;
 	}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/resources/META-INF/additional-spring-configuration-metadata.json b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/resources/META-INF/additional-spring-configuration-metadata.json
index 611bae6ba3..805c6c7a06 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/resources/META-INF/additional-spring-configuration-metadata.json
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/resources/META-INF/additional-spring-configuration-metadata.json
@@ -856,10 +856,6 @@
         "classpath:db/migration"
       ]
     },
-    {
-      "name": "spring.flyway.lock-retry-count",
-      "defaultValue": 50
-    },
     {
       "name": "spring.flyway.sql-migration-suffix",
       "type": "java.lang.String",
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/flyway/FlywayPropertiesTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/flyway/FlywayPropertiesTests.java
index 39a3fa7acb..86dea7df09 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/flyway/FlywayPropertiesTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/flyway/FlywayPropertiesTests.java
@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@ class FlywayPropertiesTests {
 				.isEqualTo(configuration.getLocations());
 		assertThat(properties.getEncoding()).isEqualTo(configuration.getEncoding());
 		assertThat(properties.getConnectRetries()).isEqualTo(configuration.getConnectRetries());
-		// Can't assert lock retry count default as it is new in Flyway 7.1
-		// Asserting hard-coded value in the metadata instead
-		assertThat(configuration.getLockRetryCount()).isEqualTo(50);
 		assertThat(properties.getDefaultSchema()).isEqualTo(configuration.getDefaultSchema());
 		assertThat(properties.getSchemas()).isEqualTo(Arrays.asList(configuration.getSchemas()));
 		assertThat(properties.isCreateSchemas()).isEqualTo(configuration.getCreateSchemas());
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle
index 4ffac1649a..dfbd35be09 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ bom {
 			]
 		}
 	}
-	library("Flyway", "7.1.0") {
+	library("Flyway", "7.0.4") {
 		group("org.flywaydb") {
 			modules = [
 				"flyway-core"