diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/pom.xml
index 36c0f44aad..3baa5e8fd6 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/pom.xml
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@
 			<groupId>com.jcraft</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jsch.agentproxy.usocket-jna</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-autoconfigure-processor</artifactId>
+			<optional>true</optional>
+		</dependency>
 		<!-- Git Stub Downloader -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>io.specto</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-converters/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-converters/pom.xml
index fc30b3a88e..ea240e7ee6 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-converters/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-converters/pom.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@
 			<groupId>com.github.tomakehurst</groupId>
 			<artifactId>wiremock-standalone</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-autoconfigure-processor</artifactId>
+			<optional>true</optional>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.spockframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spock-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-pact/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-pact/pom.xml
index 6b5ccca6d9..d6fafbf279 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-pact/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-pact/pom.xml
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@
 			<groupId>au.com.dius</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pact-jvm-provider-junit_2.12</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-autoconfigure-processor</artifactId>
+			<optional>true</optional>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.spockframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spock-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/pom.xml
index 4192af5a78..2a71e698e5 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/pom.xml
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@
 			<groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
 			<artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-autoconfigure-processor</artifactId>
+			<optional>true</optional>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>cglib</groupId>
 			<artifactId>cglib</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/pom.xml
index b9b983d31b..c6b64fffa8 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/pom.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-autoconfigure-processor</artifactId>
+			<optional>true</optional>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>