diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-task/pom.xml b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-task/pom.xml
index 377d16a999..e2006ee9d3 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-task/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-task/pom.xml
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
-        <artifactId>parent-boot-1</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>parent-boot-2</artifactId>
         <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../../parent-boot-1</relativePath>
+        <relativePath>../../parent-boot-2</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <modules>
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
     </dependencyManagement>
 
     <properties>
-        <spring-cloud-dependencies.version>Brixton.SR7</spring-cloud-dependencies.version>
-        <spring-cloud-task.version>1.2.2.RELEASE</spring-cloud-task.version>
+        <spring-cloud-dependencies.version>Hoxton.SR4</spring-cloud-dependencies.version>
+        <spring-cloud-task.version>2.2.3.RELEASE</spring-cloud-task.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-task/springcloudtaskbatch/pom.xml b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-task/springcloudtaskbatch/pom.xml
index fd10322efb..4e6b8b8b6c 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-task/springcloudtaskbatch/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-task/springcloudtaskbatch/pom.xml
@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-cloud-task-batch</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>net.bytebuddy</groupId>
+            <artifactId>byte-buddy-dep</artifactId>
+            <version>${bytebuddy.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
             <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
@@ -63,6 +70,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <start-class>com.baeldung.TaskDemo</start-class>
+        <bytebuddy.version>1.10.10</bytebuddy.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-task/springcloudtaskbatch/src/test/resources/application.yml b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-task/springcloudtaskbatch/src/test/resources/application.yml
index 794ac4d247..8a6e4fc172 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-task/springcloudtaskbatch/src/test/resources/application.yml
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-task/springcloudtaskbatch/src/test/resources/application.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 spring:
   datasource:
-    url: jdbc:h2:mem:springcloud
+    url: jdbc:h2:mem:springcloud;DB_CLOSE_ON_EXIT=FALSE
     username: sa
     password:
   jpa: