diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-testing/src/main/resources/application-context.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-testing/src/main/resources/application-context.xml
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+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-testing/src/main/resources/application-context.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="
+	  http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans 
+	  http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd">
+	  
+	<bean id="employeeServiceImpl" class="com.baeldung.xmlapplicationcontext.service.EmployeeServiceImpl" />
+</beans>