diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-testing/src/test/java/com/baeldung/xmlapplicationcontext/EmployeeServiceAppContextIntegrationTest.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-testing/src/test/java/com/baeldung/xmlapplicationcontext/EmployeeServiceAppContextIntegrationTest.java
index 7a63abf1a3..0ab157744a 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-testing/src/test/java/com/baeldung/xmlapplicationcontext/EmployeeServiceAppContextIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-testing/src/test/java/com/baeldung/xmlapplicationcontext/EmployeeServiceAppContextIntegrationTest.java
@@ -2,11 +2,15 @@ package com.baeldung.xmlapplicationcontext;
 
 import com.baeldung.xmlapplicationcontext.service.EmployeeService;
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
+
+@RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
 @SpringBootTest(classes = XmlBeanApplication.class)
 public class EmployeeServiceAppContextIntegrationTest {
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-testing/src/test/java/com/baeldung/xmlapplicationcontext/EmployeeServiceTestContextIntegrationTest.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-testing/src/test/java/com/baeldung/xmlapplicationcontext/EmployeeServiceTestContextIntegrationTest.java
index 9880c7c567..0182d5dbb1 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-testing/src/test/java/com/baeldung/xmlapplicationcontext/EmployeeServiceTestContextIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-testing/src/test/java/com/baeldung/xmlapplicationcontext/EmployeeServiceTestContextIntegrationTest.java
@@ -2,14 +2,17 @@ package com.baeldung.xmlapplicationcontext;
 
 import com.baeldung.xmlapplicationcontext.service.EmployeeService;
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
-@SpringBootTest
+@RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
+@SpringBootTest(classes = XmlBeanApplication.class)
 @ContextConfiguration(locations = "/test-context.xml")
 public class EmployeeServiceTestContextIntegrationTest {