diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bc2a5bbfe..d19348eda 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     <properties>
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
         <rxjava.version>1.1.10</rxjava.version>
+        <spring-boot.version>2.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-boot.version>
         <rxjava-reactive-streams.version>1.2.1</rxjava-reactive-streams.version>
         <spring.tuple.version>1.0.0.RELEASE</spring.tuple.version>
         <spring.integration.tuple.version>1.0.0.RELEASE</spring.integration.tuple.version>
@@ -29,6 +30,13 @@
     </properties>
     <dependencyManagement>
         <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+                <artifactId>spring-boot-dependencies</artifactId>
+                <version>${spring-boot.version}</version>
+                <scope>import</scope>
+                <type>pom</type>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spring-cloud-stream</artifactId>