diff --git a/spring-boot-rest-2/README.md b/spring-boot-rest-2/README.md
index f09159198c..41270d58ea 100644
--- a/spring-boot-rest-2/README.md
+++ b/spring-boot-rest-2/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 ### Relevant Article:
 
 - [Get All Endpoints in Spring Boot](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-boot-get-all-endpoints)
+- [HTTP PUT vs. POST in REST API](https://www.baeldung.com/rest-http-put-vs-post)
diff --git a/spring-boot-rest-2/pom.xml b/spring-boot-rest-2/pom.xml
index d74c393f27..b32e1c153d 100644
--- a/spring-boot-rest-2/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-rest-2/pom.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,15 @@
             <artifactId>springfox-boot-starter</artifactId>
             <version>3.0.0</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
+            <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/spring-boot-rest-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/putvspost/Address.java b/spring-boot-rest-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/putvspost/Address.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5c005c70f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-rest-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/putvspost/Address.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package com.baeldung.putvspost;
+
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+
+@Entity
+public class Address {
+
+    private @Id @GeneratedValue Long id;
+    private String name;
+    private String city;
+    private String postalCode;
+
+    Address() {
+    }
+
+    public Address(String name, String city, String postalCode) {
+        this.name = name;
+        this.city = city;
+        this.postalCode = postalCode;
+    }
+
+    public Long getId() {
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public void setName(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public String getCity() {
+        return city;
+    }
+
+    public void setCity(String city) {
+        this.city = city;
+    }
+
+    public String getPostalCode() {
+        return postalCode;
+    }
+
+    public void setPostalCode(String postalCode) {
+        this.postalCode = postalCode;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return "Address [id=" + id + ", name=" + name + ", city=" + city + ", postalCode=" + postalCode + "]";
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-boot-rest-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/putvspost/AddressController.java b/spring-boot-rest-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/putvspost/AddressController.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f989d5c211
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-rest-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/putvspost/AddressController.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package com.baeldung.putvspost;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.DeleteMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PostMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PutMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestBody;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
+
+@RestController
+public class AddressController {
+
+    private final AddressRepository repository;
+
+    AddressController(AddressRepository repository) {
+        this.repository = repository;
+    }
+
+    @GetMapping("/addresses")
+    List<Address> getAllAddresses() {
+        return repository.findAll();
+    }
+
+    @GetMapping("/addresses/{id}")
+    Optional<Address> getAddressesById(@PathVariable Long id) {
+        return repository.findById(id);
+    }
+
+    @PostMapping("/addresses")
+    Address createNewAddress(@RequestBody Address newAddress) {
+        return repository.save(newAddress);
+    }
+
+    @PutMapping("/addresses/{id}")
+    Address replaceEmployee(@RequestBody Address newAddress, @PathVariable Long id) {
+
+        return repository.findById(id)
+            .map(address -> {
+                address.setCity(newAddress.getCity());
+                address.setPostalCode(newAddress.getPostalCode());
+                return repository.save(address);
+            })
+            .orElseGet(() -> {
+                return repository.save(newAddress);
+            });
+    }
+
+    @DeleteMapping("/addresses/{id}")
+    void deleteEmployee(@PathVariable Long id) {
+        repository.deleteById(id);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-boot-rest-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/putvspost/AddressRepository.java b/spring-boot-rest-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/putvspost/AddressRepository.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..415a3c9030
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-rest-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/putvspost/AddressRepository.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package com.baeldung.putvspost;
+
+import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.JpaRepository;
+
+public interface AddressRepository extends JpaRepository<Address, Long> {
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-boot-rest-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/putvspost/PutVsPostApplication.java b/spring-boot-rest-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/putvspost/PutVsPostApplication.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8cea53d269
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-rest-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/putvspost/PutVsPostApplication.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package com.baeldung.putvspost;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class PutVsPostApplication {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        SpringApplication.run(PutVsPostApplication.class, args);
+    }
+
+}