diff --git a/spring-activiti/src/main/java/com/baeldung/activiti/security/withspring/SecurityConfig.java b/spring-activiti/src/main/java/com/baeldung/activiti/security/withspring/SecurityConfig.java
index b0c74371c7..8dc3eee05e 100644
--- a/spring-activiti/src/main/java/com/baeldung/activiti/security/withspring/SecurityConfig.java
+++ b/spring-activiti/src/main/java/com/baeldung/activiti/security/withspring/SecurityConfig.java
@@ -3,16 +3,17 @@ package com.baeldung.activiti.security.withspring;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.builders.HttpSecurity;
-import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter;
 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.provisioning.InMemoryUserDetailsManager;
+import org.springframework.security.web.SecurityFilterChain;
 
 @Configuration
-public class SecurityConfig extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
+public class SecurityConfig {
 
-    protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
+    @Bean
+    public SecurityFilterChain filterChain(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
         http.antMatcher("/**")
             .authorizeRequests()
             .antMatchers("/protected-process*")
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ public class SecurityConfig extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
             .disable()
             .logout()
             .logoutSuccessUrl("/login");
+        return http.build();
     }
 
     @Bean