diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zuul/pom.xml b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zuul/pom.xml
index 1593bc59e9..b1f2e886de 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zuul/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zuul/pom.xml
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-        <spring-cloud.version>Finchley.SR1</spring-cloud.version>
-        <spring-boot.version>2.0.6.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
+        <spring-cloud.version>Hoxton.RELEASE</spring-cloud.version>
+        <spring-boot.version>2.2.2.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zuul/spring-zuul-foos-resource/pom.xml b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zuul/spring-zuul-foos-resource/pom.xml
index 57e566657b..f5a8c3b613 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zuul/spring-zuul-foos-resource/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zuul/spring-zuul-foos-resource/pom.xml
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zuul/spring-zuul-foos-resource/src/main/java/com/baeldung/web/controller/FooController.java b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zuul/spring-zuul-foos-resource/src/main/java/com/baeldung/web/controller/FooController.java
index 87f237b75c..f8f07342f6 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zuul/spring-zuul-foos-resource/src/main/java/com/baeldung/web/controller/FooController.java
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zuul/spring-zuul-foos-resource/src/main/java/com/baeldung/web/controller/FooController.java
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 package com.baeldung.web.controller;
 
 import com.baeldung.web.dto.Foo;
-import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseBody;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
 
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
@@ -13,22 +11,15 @@ import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 import static org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic;
 import static org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils.randomNumeric;
 
-@Controller
+@RestController
 public class FooController {
 
-    public FooController() {
-        super();
-    }
-
-    // API - read
-    @RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.GET, value = "/foos/{id}")
-    @ResponseBody
+    @GetMapping("/foos/{id}")
     public Foo findById(@PathVariable final long id, HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res) {
-        // System.out.println(req.getHeaderNames());
-        // System.out.println("------" + req.getHeader("Test"));
         if (req.getHeader("Test") != null) {
             res.addHeader("Test", req.getHeader("Test"));
         }
+
         return new Foo(Long.parseLong(randomNumeric(2)), randomAlphabetic(4));
     }
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zuul/spring-zuul-foos-resource/src/main/java/com/baeldung/web/dto/Foo.java b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zuul/spring-zuul-foos-resource/src/main/java/com/baeldung/web/dto/Foo.java
index 107f982f98..b25aef266d 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zuul/spring-zuul-foos-resource/src/main/java/com/baeldung/web/dto/Foo.java
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zuul/spring-zuul-foos-resource/src/main/java/com/baeldung/web/dto/Foo.java
@@ -1,22 +1,15 @@
 package com.baeldung.web.dto;
 
 public class Foo {
+
     private long id;
     private String name;
 
-    public Foo() {
-        super();
-    }
-
     public Foo(final long id, final String name) {
-        super();
-
         this.id = id;
         this.name = name;
     }
 
-    //
-
     public long getId() {
         return id;
     }