diff --git a/spring-cucumber/src/main/java/com/baeldung/SpringDemoApplication.java b/spring-cucumber/src/main/java/com/baeldung/SpringDemoApplication.java
index ecb8909de9..60548dd6e3 100644
--- a/spring-cucumber/src/main/java/com/baeldung/SpringDemoApplication.java
+++ b/spring-cucumber/src/main/java/com/baeldung/SpringDemoApplication.java
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.builder.SpringApplicationBuilder;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.web.SpringBootServletInitializer;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
 
 @SpringBootApplication
 public class SpringDemoApplication extends SpringBootServletInitializer {
@@ -16,4 +18,9 @@ public class SpringDemoApplication extends SpringBootServletInitializer {
     protected SpringApplicationBuilder configure(SpringApplicationBuilder application) {
         return application.sources(SpringDemoApplication.class);
     }
+    
+    @Bean
+    public RestTemplate getRestTemplate(){
+    	return new RestTemplate();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/spring-cucumber/src/test/java/com/baeldung/SpringIntegrationTest.java b/spring-cucumber/src/test/java/com/baeldung/SpringIntegrationTest.java
index e37b203c07..13130e174a 100644
--- a/spring-cucumber/src/test/java/com/baeldung/SpringIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/spring-cucumber/src/test/java/com/baeldung/SpringIntegrationTest.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.IntegrationTest;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.SpringApplicationContextLoader;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
@@ -21,7 +22,8 @@ import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
 public class SpringIntegrationTest {
     protected static ResponseResults latestResponse = null;
 
-    protected RestTemplate restTemplate = null;
+    @Autowired
+    protected RestTemplate restTemplate;
 
     protected void executeGet(String url) throws IOException {
         final Map<String, String> headers = new HashMap<>();