diff --git a/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/reactive/ServerHttpSecurityConfiguration.java b/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/reactive/ServerHttpSecurityConfiguration.java
index 676bfa5161..70648cca6f 100644
--- a/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/reactive/ServerHttpSecurityConfiguration.java
+++ b/config/src/main/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/reactive/ServerHttpSecurityConfiguration.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2019 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2021 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class ServerHttpSecurityConfiguration {
 	}
 
 	@Bean
-	WebFluxConfigurer authenticationPrincipalArgumentResolverConfigurer(
+	static WebFluxConfigurer authenticationPrincipalArgumentResolverConfigurer(
 			ObjectProvider<AuthenticationPrincipalArgumentResolver> authenticationPrincipalArgumentResolver) {
 		return new WebFluxConfigurer() {
 
diff --git a/config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/reactive/EnableWebFluxSecurityTests.java b/config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/reactive/EnableWebFluxSecurityTests.java
index 8dd8610c62..de6b160340 100644
--- a/config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/reactive/EnableWebFluxSecurityTests.java
+++ b/config/src/test/java/org/springframework/security/config/annotation/web/reactive/EnableWebFluxSecurityTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2019 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2021 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.annotation.Order;
 import org.springframework.core.io.buffer.DataBuffer;
 import org.springframework.core.io.buffer.DefaultDataBufferFactory;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
+import org.springframework.mock.web.MockServletContext;
 import org.springframework.security.authentication.TestingAuthenticationToken;
 import org.springframework.security.config.test.SpringTestContext;
 import org.springframework.security.config.test.SpringTestContextExtension;
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.LinkedMultiValueMap;
 import org.springframework.util.MultiValueMap;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
+import org.springframework.web.context.support.AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.web.reactive.config.DelegatingWebFluxConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.web.reactive.config.EnableWebFlux;
 import org.springframework.web.reactive.function.BodyInserters;
@@ -307,6 +309,17 @@ public class EnableWebFluxSecurityTests {
 				DelegatingWebFluxConfiguration.class).autowire();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	// gh-10076
+	public void webFluxConfigurationSupportAndServerHttpSecurityConfigurationDoNotCauseCircularReference() {
+		AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext context = new AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext();
+		context.setAllowCircularReferences(false);
+		context.register(EnableWebFluxSecurityConfiguration.class, ReactiveAuthenticationTestConfiguration.class,
+				DelegatingWebFluxConfiguration.class);
+		context.setServletContext(new MockServletContext());
+		context.refresh();
+	}
+
 	@EnableWebFluxSecurity
 	@Import(ReactiveAuthenticationTestConfiguration.class)
 	static class Config {