diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index 061b5ec6..0dfee3a2 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ Use these properties to provide versions for the meta release.
 - `releaser.meta-release.git-org-url` - The URL of the Git organization. We'll append each project's name to it.
 Defaults to `https://github.com/spring-cloud`
 - `releaser.meta-release.projects-to-skip` - List of projects that we should not clone and release. Spring Cloud release
-train depends on projects that got already released. We default this list to `[spring-cloud-stream, spring-cloud-task]`.
+train depends on projects that got already released. We default this list to `[spring-boot, spring-cloud-stream, spring-cloud-task]`.
 
 - `releaser.git.fetch-versions-from-git` - If `true` then should fill the map of versions from Git. If `false` then picks fixed versions
 - `releaser.git.clone-destination-dir` - Where should the Spring Cloud Release repo get cloned to. If null defaults to a temporary directory
diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-release-tools.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-release-tools.adoc
index 6706433e..77f16be2 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-release-tools.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/spring-cloud-release-tools.adoc
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ Use these properties to provide versions for the meta release.
 - `releaser.meta-release.git-org-url` - The URL of the Git organization. We'll append each project's name to it.
 Defaults to `https://github.com/spring-cloud`
 - `releaser.meta-release.projects-to-skip` - List of projects that we should not clone and release. Spring Cloud release
-train depends on projects that got already released. We default this list to `[spring-cloud-stream, spring-cloud-task]`.
+train depends on projects that got already released. We default this list to `[spring-boot, spring-cloud-stream, spring-cloud-task]`.
 
 - `releaser.git.fetch-versions-from-git` - If `true` then should fill the map of versions from Git. If `false` then picks fixed versions
 - `releaser.git.clone-destination-dir` - Where should the Spring Cloud Release repo get cloned to. If null defaults to a temporary directory
diff --git a/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/ReleaserProperties.java b/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/ReleaserProperties.java
index 6d87b330..237d7937 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/ReleaserProperties.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/ReleaserProperties.java
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ public class ReleaserProperties {
 		 */
 		private List<String> projectsToSkip = new ArrayList<String>() {
 			{
+				this.add("spring-boot");
 				this.add("spring-cloud-stream");
 				this.add("spring-cloud-task");
 			}