diff --git a/spring-cloud-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/context/config/ContextRefreshedWithApplicationEvent.java b/spring-cloud-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/context/config/ContextRefreshedWithApplicationEvent.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1b3ac42b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/context/config/ContextRefreshedWithApplicationEvent.java
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2023 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.cloud.context.config;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.context.event.SpringApplicationEvent;
+import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
+
+/**
+ * A custom event for spring cloud context use cases that need the saved
+ * Spring Application. This prevents a duplicated ApplicationPreparedEvent
+ * from being republished.
+ */
+public class ContextRefreshedWithApplicationEvent extends SpringApplicationEvent {
+
+	private final ConfigurableApplicationContext context;
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a new {@link ContextRefreshedWithApplicationEvent} instance.
+	 * @param application the current application
+	 * @param args the arguments the application is running with
+	 * @param context the ApplicationContext about to be refreshed
+	 */
+	public ContextRefreshedWithApplicationEvent(SpringApplication application, String[] args,
+			ConfigurableApplicationContext context) {
+		super(application, args);
+		this.context = context;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Return the application context.
+	 * @return the context
+	 */
+	public ConfigurableApplicationContext getApplicationContext() {
+		return this.context;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/context/refresh/ConfigDataContextRefresher.java b/spring-cloud-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/context/refresh/ConfigDataContextRefresher.java
index a8644c83..08fc45ce 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/context/refresh/ConfigDataContextRefresher.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/context/refresh/ConfigDataContextRefresher.java
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ import org.springframework.boot.BootstrapRegistry;
 import org.springframework.boot.ConfigurableBootstrapContext;
 import org.springframework.boot.DefaultBootstrapContext;
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
-import org.springframework.boot.context.event.ApplicationPreparedEvent;
 import org.springframework.boot.env.EnvironmentPostProcessor;
 import org.springframework.boot.logging.DeferredLogFactory;
 import org.springframework.boot.util.Instantiator;
 import org.springframework.cloud.autoconfigure.RefreshAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.cloud.context.config.ContextRefreshedWithApplicationEvent;
 import org.springframework.cloud.context.scope.refresh.RefreshScope;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationListener;
 import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.io.support.SpringFactoriesLoader;
  * @author Venil Noronha
  */
 public class ConfigDataContextRefresher extends ContextRefresher
-		implements ApplicationListener<ApplicationPreparedEvent> {
+		implements ApplicationListener<ContextRefreshedWithApplicationEvent> {
 
 	private SpringApplication application;
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public class ConfigDataContextRefresher extends ContextRefresher
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public void onApplicationEvent(ApplicationPreparedEvent event) {
+	public void onApplicationEvent(ContextRefreshedWithApplicationEvent event) {
 		application = event.getSpringApplication();
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/context/restart/RestartEndpoint.java b/spring-cloud-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/context/restart/RestartEndpoint.java
index a0463401..bbd841b6 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/context/restart/RestartEndpoint.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/context/restart/RestartEndpoint.java
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanPostProcessor;
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.endpoint.annotation.Endpoint;
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.endpoint.annotation.WriteOperation;
-import org.springframework.boot.context.event.ApplicationPreparedEvent;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
+import org.springframework.cloud.context.config.ContextRefreshedWithApplicationEvent;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextInitializer;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationEvent;
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
  *
  */
 @Endpoint(id = "restart", enableByDefault = false)
-public class RestartEndpoint implements ApplicationListener<ApplicationPreparedEvent> {
+public class RestartEndpoint implements ApplicationListener<ContextRefreshedWithApplicationEvent> {
 
 	private static Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(RestartEndpoint.class);
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public class RestartEndpoint implements ApplicationListener<ApplicationPreparedE
 
 	private String[] args;
 
-	private ApplicationPreparedEvent event;
+	private ContextRefreshedWithApplicationEvent event;
 
 	private IntegrationShutdown integrationShutdown;
 
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public class RestartEndpoint implements ApplicationListener<ApplicationPreparedE
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public void onApplicationEvent(ApplicationPreparedEvent input) {
+	public void onApplicationEvent(ContextRefreshedWithApplicationEvent input) {
 		this.event = input;
 		if (this.context == null) {
 			this.context = this.event.getApplicationContext();
diff --git a/spring-cloud-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/context/restart/RestartListener.java b/spring-cloud-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/context/restart/RestartListener.java
index f8fff4df..361aa076 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/context/restart/RestartListener.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/context/restart/RestartListener.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.cloud.context.restart;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.context.event.ApplicationPreparedEvent;
+import org.springframework.cloud.context.config.ContextRefreshedWithApplicationEvent;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationEvent;
 import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.event.ContextClosedEvent;
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ public class RestartListener implements SmartApplicationListener {
 
 	private ConfigurableApplicationContext context;
 
-	private ApplicationPreparedEvent event;
+	private ContextRefreshedWithApplicationEvent event;
 
 	@Override
 	public int getOrder() {
@@ -56,8 +57,9 @@ public class RestartListener implements SmartApplicationListener {
 
 	@Override
 	public void onApplicationEvent(ApplicationEvent input) {
-		if (input instanceof ApplicationPreparedEvent) {
-			this.event = (ApplicationPreparedEvent) input;
+		if (input instanceof ApplicationPreparedEvent applicationPreparedEvent) {
+			this.event = new ContextRefreshedWithApplicationEvent(applicationPreparedEvent.getSpringApplication(),
+					applicationPreparedEvent.getArgs(), applicationPreparedEvent.getApplicationContext());
 			if (this.context == null) {
 				this.context = this.event.getApplicationContext();
 			}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/context/restart/RestartIntegrationTests.java b/spring-cloud-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/context/restart/RestartIntegrationTests.java
index 5d154d9d..34d943df 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/context/restart/RestartIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/context/restart/RestartIntegrationTests.java
@@ -30,10 +30,6 @@ public class RestartIntegrationTests {
 
 	private ConfigurableApplicationContext context;
 
-	public static void main(String[] args) {
-		SpringApplication.run(TestConfiguration.class, args);
-	}
-
 	@AfterEach
 	public void close() {
 		if (this.context != null) {