diff --git a/docker/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner-docker/pom.xml b/docker/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner-docker/pom.xml
index bae4a61e70..8619bd74b3 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 582d095b18..fcaf867c7b 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>1.8.22</contract.kotlin.version>
 		<commons-beanutils.version>1.9.4</commons-beanutils.version>