diff --git a/mongodb/reactive/src/main/java/example/springdata/mongodb/people/ApplicationConfiguration.java b/mongodb/reactive/src/main/java/example/springdata/mongodb/people/ApplicationConfiguration.java
index 7fe63ab2..d6a8bbaa 100644
--- a/mongodb/reactive/src/main/java/example/springdata/mongodb/people/ApplicationConfiguration.java
+++ b/mongodb/reactive/src/main/java/example/springdata/mongodb/people/ApplicationConfiguration.java
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfigureAfter;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.data.mongo.MongoDataAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.mongo.MongoAutoConfiguration;
-import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.mongo.MongoProperties;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.mongo.embedded.EmbeddedMongoAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.DependsOn;
+import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.config.AbstractReactiveMongoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.event.LoggingEventListener;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.config.EnableReactiveMongoRepositories;
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ import com.mongodb.reactivestreams.client.MongoClients;
 @RequiredArgsConstructor
 class ApplicationConfiguration extends AbstractReactiveMongoConfiguration {
 
-	private final MongoProperties mongoProperties;
+	private final Environment environment;
 
 	@Bean
 	public LoggingEventListener mongoEventListener() {
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ class ApplicationConfiguration extends AbstractReactiveMongoConfiguration {
 	@Bean
 	@DependsOn("embeddedMongoServer")
 	public MongoClient mongoClient() {
-		return MongoClients.create(String.format("mongodb://localhost:%d", mongoProperties.getPort()));
+		int port = environment.getProperty("local.mongo.port", Integer.class);
+		return MongoClients.create(String.format("mongodb://localhost:%d", port));
 	}
 
 	@Override