diff --git a/spring-5-reactive-2/README.md b/spring-5-reactive-2/README.md
index 1d21425fb8..15eba8d0d9 100644
--- a/spring-5-reactive-2/README.md
+++ b/spring-5-reactive-2/README.md
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
 This module contains articles about reactive Spring 5 
 
 - [Spring WebClient vs. RestTemplate](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-webclient-resttemplate)
+- [Validation for Functional Endpoints in Spring 5](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-functional-endpoints-validation)
 - More articles: [[<-- prev]](/spring-5-reactive)
diff --git a/spring-5-reactive-2/pom.xml b/spring-5-reactive-2/pom.xml
index f1407ee1ad..edda43747c 100644
--- a/spring-5-reactive-2/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-5-reactive-2/pom.xml
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
             <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        
          <dependency>
         	<groupId>com.github.tomakehurst</groupId>
         	<artifactId>wiremock-jre8</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-5-reactive/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/FunctionalValidationsApplication.java b/spring-5-reactive-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/FunctionalValidationsApplication.java
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rename from spring-5-reactive/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/FunctionalValidationsApplication.java
rename to spring-5-reactive-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/FunctionalValidationsApplication.java
diff --git a/spring-5-reactive/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/handlers/AbstractValidationHandler.java b/spring-5-reactive-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/handlers/AbstractValidationHandler.java
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rename from spring-5-reactive/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/handlers/AbstractValidationHandler.java
rename to spring-5-reactive-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/handlers/AbstractValidationHandler.java
diff --git a/spring-5-reactive/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/handlers/FunctionalHandler.java b/spring-5-reactive-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/handlers/FunctionalHandler.java
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rename from spring-5-reactive/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/handlers/FunctionalHandler.java
rename to spring-5-reactive-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/handlers/FunctionalHandler.java
diff --git a/spring-5-reactive/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/handlers/impl/AnnotatedRequestEntityValidationHandler.java b/spring-5-reactive-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/handlers/impl/AnnotatedRequestEntityValidationHandler.java
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rename from spring-5-reactive/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/handlers/impl/AnnotatedRequestEntityValidationHandler.java
rename to spring-5-reactive-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/handlers/impl/AnnotatedRequestEntityValidationHandler.java
diff --git a/spring-5-reactive/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/handlers/impl/CustomRequestEntityValidationHandler.java b/spring-5-reactive-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/handlers/impl/CustomRequestEntityValidationHandler.java
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rename from spring-5-reactive/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/handlers/impl/CustomRequestEntityValidationHandler.java
rename to spring-5-reactive-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/handlers/impl/CustomRequestEntityValidationHandler.java
diff --git a/spring-5-reactive/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/handlers/impl/OtherEntityValidationHandler.java b/spring-5-reactive-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/handlers/impl/OtherEntityValidationHandler.java
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rename from spring-5-reactive/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/handlers/impl/OtherEntityValidationHandler.java
rename to spring-5-reactive-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/handlers/impl/OtherEntityValidationHandler.java
diff --git a/spring-5-reactive/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/model/AnnotatedRequestEntity.java b/spring-5-reactive-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/model/AnnotatedRequestEntity.java
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rename from spring-5-reactive/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/model/AnnotatedRequestEntity.java
rename to spring-5-reactive-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/model/AnnotatedRequestEntity.java
diff --git a/spring-5-reactive/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/model/CustomRequestEntity.java b/spring-5-reactive-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/model/CustomRequestEntity.java
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rename from spring-5-reactive/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/model/CustomRequestEntity.java
rename to spring-5-reactive-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/model/CustomRequestEntity.java
diff --git a/spring-5-reactive/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/model/OtherEntity.java b/spring-5-reactive-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/model/OtherEntity.java
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rename from spring-5-reactive/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/model/OtherEntity.java
rename to spring-5-reactive-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/model/OtherEntity.java
diff --git a/spring-5-reactive/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/routers/ValidationsRouters.java b/spring-5-reactive-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/routers/ValidationsRouters.java
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rename from spring-5-reactive/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/routers/ValidationsRouters.java
rename to spring-5-reactive-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/routers/ValidationsRouters.java
diff --git a/spring-5-reactive/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/validators/CustomRequestEntityValidator.java b/spring-5-reactive-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/validators/CustomRequestEntityValidator.java
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rename from spring-5-reactive/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/validators/CustomRequestEntityValidator.java
rename to spring-5-reactive-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/validators/CustomRequestEntityValidator.java
diff --git a/spring-5-reactive/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/validators/OtherEntityValidator.java b/spring-5-reactive-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/validators/OtherEntityValidator.java
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rename from spring-5-reactive/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/validators/OtherEntityValidator.java
rename to spring-5-reactive-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/validators/OtherEntityValidator.java
diff --git a/spring-5-reactive-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/webclient/WebClientApplication.java b/spring-5-reactive-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/webclient/WebClientApplication.java
index 751e3a9487..3c53a2c1d3 100644
--- a/spring-5-reactive-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/webclient/WebClientApplication.java
+++ b/spring-5-reactive-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/webclient/WebClientApplication.java
@@ -2,10 +2,22 @@ package com.baeldung.webclient;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.security.config.web.server.ServerHttpSecurity;
+import org.springframework.security.web.server.SecurityWebFilterChain;
 
 @SpringBootApplication
 public class WebClientApplication {
     public static void main(String[] args) {
         SpringApplication.run(WebClientApplication.class, args);
     }
+    
+    @Bean
+    public SecurityWebFilterChain functionalValidationsSpringSecurityFilterChain(ServerHttpSecurity http) {
+        http.authorizeExchange()
+            .anyExchange()
+            .permitAll();
+        http.csrf().disable();
+        return http.build();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/spring-5-reactive/src/test/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/FunctionalEndpointValidationsLiveTest.java b/spring-5-reactive-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/FunctionalEndpointValidationsLiveTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from spring-5-reactive/src/test/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/FunctionalEndpointValidationsLiveTest.java
rename to spring-5-reactive-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/validations/functional/FunctionalEndpointValidationsLiveTest.java
diff --git a/spring-5-reactive/README.md b/spring-5-reactive/README.md
index fd8b4c9ad4..a8d4436049 100644
--- a/spring-5-reactive/README.md
+++ b/spring-5-reactive/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ The "REST With Spring" Classes: https://bit.ly/restwithspring
 - [Server-Sent Events in Spring](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-server-sent-events)
 - [A Guide to Spring Session Reactive Support: WebSession](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-session-reactive)
 
-- [Validation for Functional Endpoints in Spring 5](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-functional-endpoints-validation)
 - [Logging a Reactive Sequence](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-reactive-sequence-logging)
 - [Testing Reactive Streams Using StepVerifier and TestPublisher](https://www.baeldung.com/reactive-streams-step-verifier-test-publisher)
 - [Debugging Reactive Streams in Spring 5](https://www.baeldung.com/spring-debugging-reactive-streams)