diff --git a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-spring-webflux/apm-spring-webflux-testapp/pom.xml b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-spring-webflux/apm-spring-webflux-testapp/pom.xml
index c76aebab59..dfcf909987 100644
--- a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-spring-webflux/apm-spring-webflux-testapp/pom.xml
+++ b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-spring-webflux/apm-spring-webflux-testapp/pom.xml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
                 <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!-- explicit version required as bom will not cover plugins, only dependencies -->
-                <version>3.3.0</version>
+                <version>3.4.2</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <mainClass>co.elastic.apm.agent.springwebflux.testapp.WebFluxApplication</mainClass>
                     <!-- by default original jar is replaced, which makes impossible to reuse as dependency -->