diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-socket/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springsecuredsockets/controllers/CsrfTokenController.java b/spring-security-mvc-socket/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springsecuredsockets/controllers/CsrfTokenController.java
index f18162cba0..3d10dad391 100644
--- a/spring-security-mvc-socket/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springsecuredsockets/controllers/CsrfTokenController.java
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-socket/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springsecuredsockets/controllers/CsrfTokenController.java
@@ -2,15 +2,14 @@ package com.baeldung.springsecuredsockets.controllers;
 
 import org.springframework.security.web.csrf.CsrfToken;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseBody;
 
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 
 @Controller
 public class CsrfTokenController {
-    @RequestMapping(value = "/csrf", method = RequestMethod.GET)
+    @GetMapping("/csrf")
     public @ResponseBody
     String getCsrfToken(HttpServletRequest request) {
         CsrfToken csrf = (CsrfToken) request.getAttribute(CsrfToken.class.getName());