diff --git a/apache-httpclient4/src/main/java/com/baeldung/filter/CustomWebSecurityConfigurerAdapter.java b/apache-httpclient4/src/main/java/com/baeldung/filter/CustomWebSecurityConfigurerAdapter.java
index fb597e46c8..eaf166a091 100644
--- a/apache-httpclient4/src/main/java/com/baeldung/filter/CustomWebSecurityConfigurerAdapter.java
+++ b/apache-httpclient4/src/main/java/com/baeldung/filter/CustomWebSecurityConfigurerAdapter.java
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.authentication.builders.AuthenticationManagerBuilder;
 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.configuration.WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter;
 import org.springframework.security.crypto.bcrypt.BCryptPasswordEncoder;
 import org.springframework.security.crypto.password.PasswordEncoder;
+import org.springframework.security.web.SecurityFilterChain;
 import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.www.BasicAuthenticationFilter;
 
 @Configuration
 @EnableWebSecurity
-public class CustomWebSecurityConfigurerAdapter extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
+public class CustomWebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
 
     @Autowired private RestAuthenticationEntryPoint authenticationEntryPoint;
 
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ public class CustomWebSecurityConfigurerAdapter extends WebSecurityConfigurerAda
           .authorities("ROLE_USER");
     }
 
-    @Override
-    protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
+    @Bean
+    public SecurityFilterChain filterChain(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
         http
           .authorizeRequests()
           .antMatchers("/securityNone")
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ public class CustomWebSecurityConfigurerAdapter extends WebSecurityConfigurerAda
           .authenticationEntryPoint(authenticationEntryPoint);
 
         http.addFilterAfter(new CustomFilter(), BasicAuthenticationFilter.class);
+
+        return http.build();
     }
     
     @Bean