diff --git a/docker/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner-docker/pom.xml b/docker/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner-docker/pom.xml
index a7ecccf036..6dc8d65cf4 100644
--- a/docker/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner-docker/pom.xml
+++ b/docker/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner-docker/pom.xml
@@ -86,6 +86,17 @@
 			<type>pom</type>
 			<scope>runtime</scope>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot.experimental</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-thin-layout</artifactId>
+			<version>${thin-jar.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot.experimental</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-thin-launcher</artifactId>
+			<version>${thin-jar.version}</version>
+			<classifier>exec</classifier>
+		</dependency>
 
 
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9a3c05f605..e4dc266fd2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 		<jacoco-maven-plugin.version>0.8.8</jacoco-maven-plugin.version>
 		<exec-maven-plugin.version>1.6.0</exec-maven-plugin.version>
 		<InMemoryJavaCompiler.version>1.3.0</InMemoryJavaCompiler.version>
+		<thin-jar.version>1.0.27.RELEASE</thin-jar.version>
 
 		<contract.kotlin.version>1.6.21</contract.kotlin.version>
 		<commons-beanutils.version>1.9.4</commons-beanutils.version>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index c7d1ff763e..039163d904 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 		<maven-site-plugin.version>3.9.1</maven-site-plugin.version>
 		<maven-plugin-testing-harness.version>3.3.0</maven-plugin-testing-harness.version>
 		<maven-shared-incremental.version>1.1</maven-shared-incremental.version>
+		<slf4j-api.version>1.7.36</slf4j-api.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<inceptionYear>2016</inceptionYear>
@@ -266,6 +267,11 @@
 	</reporting>
 
 	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+			<version>${slf4j-api.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-cloud-contract-verifier</artifactId>