diff --git a/spring-boot/pom.xml b/spring-boot/pom.xml
index 66197feacd..dcf9c22175 100644
--- a/spring-boot/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot/pom.xml
@@ -126,7 +126,11 @@
                 </executions>
                 <configuration>
                     <verbose>true</verbose>
-                </configuration>
+					<generateGitPropertiesFilename>
+						${project.build.outputDirectory}/git.properties
+					</generateGitPropertiesFilename>
+
+				</configuration>
             </plugin>
 
         </plugins>
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/main/java/com/baeldung/git/CommitInfoController.java b/spring-boot/src/main/java/com/baeldung/git/CommitInfoController.java
index 226ba44dd5..1da2bd2989 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/main/java/com/baeldung/git/CommitInfoController.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/main/java/com/baeldung/git/CommitInfoController.java
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
 
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
 @RestController
 public class CommitInfoController {
 
@@ -17,7 +20,11 @@ public class CommitInfoController {
     private String commitId;
 
     @RequestMapping("/commitId")
-    public GitInfoDto getCommitId() {
-        return new GitInfoDto(commitMessage, branch, commitId);
+    public Map<String, String> getCommitId() {
+        Map<String, String> result = new HashMap<>();
+        result.put("Commit message",commitMessage);
+        result.put("Commit branch", branch);
+        result.put("Commit id", commitId);
+        return result;
     }
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/main/java/com/baeldung/git/GitInfoDto.java b/spring-boot/src/main/java/com/baeldung/git/GitInfoDto.java
deleted file mode 100644
index b8b58f55e8..0000000000
--- a/spring-boot/src/main/java/com/baeldung/git/GitInfoDto.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldung.git;
-
-public class GitInfoDto {
-    private String commitMessage;
-    private String branch;
-    private String commitId;
-
-    public GitInfoDto(String commitMessage, String branch, String commitId) {
-        this.commitMessage = commitMessage;
-        this.branch = branch;
-        this.commitId = commitId;
-    }
-
-    public String getCommitMessage() {
-        return commitMessage;
-    }
-
-    public String getBranch() {
-        return branch;
-    }
-
-    public String getCommitId() {
-        return commitId;
-    }
-}