diff --git a/spring-reactive-modules/spring-5-reactive-client/pom.xml b/spring-reactive-modules/spring-5-reactive-client/pom.xml
index 16581d53af..a0e5f7794e 100644
--- a/spring-reactive-modules/spring-5-reactive-client/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-reactive-modules/spring-5-reactive-client/pom.xml
@@ -136,14 +136,6 @@
                     <layout>JAR</layout>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
@@ -189,7 +181,7 @@
         <geronimo-json_1.1_spec.version>1.0</geronimo-json_1.1_spec.version>
         <jetty-reactive-httpclient.version>1.1.6</jetty-reactive-httpclient.version>
         <okhttp.version>4.0.1</okhttp.version>
-        <reactor-test.version>3.2.10.RELEASE</reactor-test.version>
+        <reactor-test.version>3.5.3</reactor-test.version>
         <wiremock-standalone.version>2.26.0</wiremock-standalone.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/spring-reactive-modules/spring-5-reactive-client/src/test/java/com/baeldung/reactive/logging/WebClientLoggingIntegrationTest.java b/spring-reactive-modules/spring-5-reactive-client/src/test/java/com/baeldung/reactive/logging/WebClientLoggingIntegrationTest.java
index dabfd22056..e1eefe4d61 100644
--- a/spring-reactive-modules/spring-5-reactive-client/src/test/java/com/baeldung/reactive/logging/WebClientLoggingIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/spring-reactive-modules/spring-5-reactive-client/src/test/java/com/baeldung/reactive/logging/WebClientLoggingIntegrationTest.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public class WebClientLoggingIntegrationTest {
     private String sampleResponseBody;
 
     @BeforeEach
-    private void setup() throws Exception {
+    void setup() throws Exception {
 
         post = new Post("Learn WebClient logging with Baeldung!", "", 1);
         sampleResponseBody = new ObjectMapper().writeValueAsString(post);