diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/pom.xml
index 539b162bb9..c94cea0794 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/pom.xml
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@
 			<artifactId>spring-integration-java-dsl</artifactId>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-autoconfigure-processor</artifactId>
+			<optional>true</optional>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>junit</groupId>
 			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
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 21345dd057..40da48d031 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-spec-pact/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-spec-pact/pom.xml
index a6b5630d7f..f0c965536f 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-spec-pact/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-spec-pact/pom.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@
 			<artifactId>pact-jvm-model</artifactId>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</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 3a8579b617..9cf6c6a5ac 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/pom.xml
@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@
 			<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 6f8345f2fc..d98b1fe27d 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-wiremock/pom.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@
 			<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>