diff --git a/persistence-modules/fauna/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/fauna/pom.xml
index 4c37c2ae9e..3a34ad3ca1 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/fauna/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/fauna/pom.xml
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
-        <artifactId>parent-boot-2</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>parent-boot-3</artifactId>
         <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../../parent-boot-2</relativePath>
+        <relativePath>../../parent-boot-3</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@
 
     <properties>
         <faunadb.version>4.2.0</faunadb.version>
+        <maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
+        <start-class>com.baeldung.faunablog.FaunaBlogApplication</start-class>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/persistence-modules/fauna/src/main/java/com/baeldung/faunablog/WebSecurityConfiguration.java b/persistence-modules/fauna/src/main/java/com/baeldung/faunablog/WebSecurityConfiguration.java
index 12770c47ce..005f1751ea 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/fauna/src/main/java/com/baeldung/faunablog/WebSecurityConfiguration.java
+++ b/persistence-modules/fauna/src/main/java/com/baeldung/faunablog/WebSecurityConfiguration.java
@@ -5,15 +5,17 @@ import com.faunadb.client.FaunaClient;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
-import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.method.configuration.EnableGlobalMethodSecurity;
+import org.springframework.security.config.Customizer;
+import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.method.configuration.EnableMethodSecurity;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.builders.HttpSecurity;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.EnableWebSecurity;
+import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configurers.CsrfConfigurer;
 import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetailsService;
 import org.springframework.security.web.SecurityFilterChain;
 
 @Configuration
 @EnableWebSecurity
-@EnableGlobalMethodSecurity(prePostEnabled = true)
+@EnableMethodSecurity
 public class WebSecurityConfiguration {
 
     @Autowired
@@ -21,13 +23,11 @@ public class WebSecurityConfiguration {
 
     @Bean
     public SecurityFilterChain filterChain(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
-        http.csrf()
-            .disable();
-        http.authorizeRequests()
-            .antMatchers("/**")
-            .permitAll()
-            .and()
-            .httpBasic();
+        http.csrf(CsrfConfigurer::disable)
+            .authorizeHttpRequests(requests -> requests
+                .requestMatchers("/**")
+                .permitAll())
+                .httpBasic(Customizer.withDefaults());
         return http.build();
     }
 
diff --git a/persistence-modules/fauna/src/main/java/com/baeldung/faunablog/posts/PostsController.java b/persistence-modules/fauna/src/main/java/com/baeldung/faunablog/posts/PostsController.java
index e8e6316ea8..37701ae531 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/fauna/src/main/java/com/baeldung/faunablog/posts/PostsController.java
+++ b/persistence-modules/fauna/src/main/java/com/baeldung/faunablog/posts/PostsController.java
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.security.access.prepost.PreAuthorize;
 import org.springframework.security.core.context.SecurityContextHolder;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.*;
-import org.springframework.web.server.ResponseStatusException;
 
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
diff --git a/persistence-modules/fauna/src/main/java/com/baeldung/faunablog/posts/PostsService.java b/persistence-modules/fauna/src/main/java/com/baeldung/faunablog/posts/PostsService.java
index 5143a24b28..5865c1af49 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/fauna/src/main/java/com/baeldung/faunablog/posts/PostsService.java
+++ b/persistence-modules/fauna/src/main/java/com/baeldung/faunablog/posts/PostsService.java
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
 import java.time.Instant;
-import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
diff --git a/persistence-modules/fauna/src/main/java/com/baeldung/faunablog/users/FaunaUserDetailsService.java b/persistence-modules/fauna/src/main/java/com/baeldung/faunablog/users/FaunaUserDetailsService.java
index 2e88aaa477..d0ddea3f69 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/fauna/src/main/java/com/baeldung/faunablog/users/FaunaUserDetailsService.java
+++ b/persistence-modules/fauna/src/main/java/com/baeldung/faunablog/users/FaunaUserDetailsService.java
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.User;
 import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetails;
 import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UserDetailsService;
 import org.springframework.security.core.userdetails.UsernameNotFoundException;
+import org.springframework.security.crypto.factory.PasswordEncoderFactories;
+import org.springframework.security.crypto.password.PasswordEncoder;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 
@@ -30,8 +32,9 @@ public class FaunaUserDetailsService implements UserDetailsService {
             if (userData == null) {
                 throw new UsernameNotFoundException("User not found");
             }
+            PasswordEncoder encoder = PasswordEncoderFactories.createDelegatingPasswordEncoder();
 
-            return User.withDefaultPasswordEncoder()
+            return User.builder().passwordEncoder(encoder::encode)
                     .username(userData.at("data", "username").to(String.class).orNull())
                     .password(userData.at("data", "password").to(String.class).orNull())
                     .roles("USER")