diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4bc9551dc7..083277e22d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     <spotless-maven-plugin.version>3.8.0</spotless-maven-plugin.version>
     <spring-boot.version>4.0.3</spring-boot.version>
     <spring-vault.version>4.0.2</spring-vault.version>
-    <spring.cloud-version>2025.1.1</spring.cloud-version>
+    <spring.cloud-version>2025.1.2</spring.cloud-version>
     <spring.security.version>7.0.5</spring.security.version>
     <springdoc-maven.version>1.5</springdoc-maven.version>
     <springdoc.version>3.0.3</springdoc.version>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/owasp/wrongsecrets/WrongSecretsApplication.java b/src/main/java/org/owasp/wrongsecrets/WrongSecretsApplication.java
index 2093e092bb..fc4faa41da 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/owasp/wrongsecrets/WrongSecretsApplication.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/owasp/wrongsecrets/WrongSecretsApplication.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import org.owasp.wrongsecrets.challenges.kubernetes.Vaultinjected;
 import org.owasp.wrongsecrets.challenges.kubernetes.Vaultpassword;
 import org.owasp.wrongsecrets.definitions.ChallengeDefinitionsConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.ObjectProvider;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
@@ -36,7 +37,8 @@ public RuntimeEnvironment runtimeEnvironment(
   }
 
   @Bean
-  public RestClient restClient(RestClient.Builder builder) {
+  public RestClient restClient(ObjectProvider<RestClient.Builder> builderProvider) {
+    RestClient.Builder builder = builderProvider.getIfAvailable(RestClient::builder);
     SimpleClientHttpRequestFactory factory = new SimpleClientHttpRequestFactory();
     factory.setConnectTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(5));
     factory.setReadTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(10));