diff --git a/spring-modulith-core/pom.xml b/spring-modulith-core/pom.xml
index 4abd2bb4..63783e4e 100644
--- a/spring-modulith-core/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-modulith-core/pom.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@
 			<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-autoconfigure</artifactId>
+			<optional>true</optional>
+		</dependency>
+
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-data-commons</artifactId>