diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-environment/additional.properties b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-environment/additional.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..676536efa5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-environment/additional.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+bael.property1=value1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-environment/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-environment/pom.xml
index e3a8186cbf..a3aab63a2d 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-environment/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-environment/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <parent>
@@ -88,7 +89,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-cloud-context</artifactId>
-            <version>${springcloud.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -99,6 +99,18 @@
 
     </dependencies>
 
+    <dependencyManagement>
+        <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
+                <artifactId>spring-cloud-dependencies</artifactId>
+                <version>${spring.cloud-version}</version>
+                <type>pom</type>
+                <scope>import</scope>
+            </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+    </dependencyManagement>
+
     <build>
         <finalName>${project.artifactId}</finalName>
         <resources>
@@ -153,9 +165,8 @@
         <jpa.version>2.2</jpa.version>
         <guava.version>18.0</guava.version>
         <subethasmtp.version>3.1.7</subethasmtp.version>
-        <springcloud.version>2.0.2.RELEASE</springcloud.version>
         <httpclient.version>4.5.8</httpclient.version>
-        <spring-boot.version>2.3.3.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
+        <spring.cloud-version>2020.0.0</spring.cloud-version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-environment/src/main/resources/application.properties b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-environment/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 27b7915cff..3d6f37230c 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-environment/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-environment/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ management.endpoints.web.exposure.include=*
 management.metrics.enable.root=true
 management.metrics.enable.jvm=true
 management.endpoint.restart.enabled=true
-spring.datasource.jmx-enabled=false
+spring.datasource.tomcat.jmx-enabled=false
 spring.main.allow-bean-definition-overriding=true
-management.endpoint.shutdown.enabled=true
\ No newline at end of file
+management.endpoint.shutdown.enabled=true
+spring.config.import=file:./additional.properties,optional:file:/Users/home/config/jdbc.properties
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-environment/src/test/java/com/baeldung/properties/ApplicationPropertyImportExternalFileIntegrationTest.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-environment/src/test/java/com/baeldung/properties/ApplicationPropertyImportExternalFileIntegrationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..04f5445639
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-environment/src/test/java/com/baeldung/properties/ApplicationPropertyImportExternalFileIntegrationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package com.baeldung.properties;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+
+@SpringBootTest
+public class ApplicationPropertyImportExternalFileIntegrationTest {
+
+    @Value("${bael.property1}")
+    String baelProperty;
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenExternalisedPropertiesLoadedUsinApplicationProperties_thenReadValues() throws IOException {
+        assertEquals(baelProperty, "value1");
+    }
+
+}