diff --git a/parent-boot-2/pom.xml b/parent-boot-2/pom.xml
index accbc2df96..2e520640ec 100644
--- a/parent-boot-2/pom.xml
+++ b/parent-boot-2/pom.xml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
         <rest-assured.version>3.3.0</rest-assured.version>
         <!-- plugins -->
         <thin.version>1.0.22.RELEASE</thin.version>
-        <spring-boot.version>2.5.1</spring-boot.version>
+        <spring-boot.version>2.5.4</spring-boot.version>
         <aspectjweaver.version>1.9.1</aspectjweaver.version>
         <!-- this property can be removed once we update Mockito version in the main pom.xml -->
         <mockito.version>3.4.0</mockito.version>
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-keycloak/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-keycloak/pom.xml
index 505d486509..b80dbfa191 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-keycloak/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-keycloak/pom.xml
@@ -77,8 +77,6 @@
 
     <properties>
         <keycloak-adapter-bom.version>13.0.1</keycloak-adapter-bom.version>
-        <!-- explicit version declaration to be removed when parent-boot-2 is upgraded to 2.5.3 or above -->
-        <spring-boot.version>2.5.3</spring-boot.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-security-modules/spring-5-security-oauth/pom.xml b/spring-security-modules/spring-5-security-oauth/pom.xml
index 03e1880431..194ace35b0 100644
--- a/spring-security-modules/spring-5-security-oauth/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-modules/spring-5-security-oauth/pom.xml
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
+        <!-- Remove this explicit override once more recent version of spring-security-oauth2-autoconfigure is available -->
+        <spring-boot.version>2.5.2</spring-boot.version>
         <start-class>com.baeldung.oauth2.SpringOAuthApplication</start-class>
     </properties>