diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-session/pom.xml b/spring-security-mvc-session/pom.xml
index b55ce70517..5ed7fbecd3 100644
--- a/spring-security-mvc-session/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-session/pom.xml
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
     <artifactId>spring-security-mvc-session</artifactId>
     <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <name>spring-security-mvc-session</name>
-    <packaging>war</packaging>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <parent>
-        <artifactId>parent-boot-2</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <artifactId>parent-boot-2</artifactId>
         <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
         <relativePath>../parent-boot-2</relativePath>
-	</parent>
+    </parent>
 
     <dependencies>
 
@@ -35,20 +36,13 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
             <artifactId>tomcat-embed-jasper</artifactId>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
-        <!-- web -->
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
-            <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
             <artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
@@ -56,70 +50,35 @@
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- ops -->
-
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.codahale.metrics</groupId>
+            <groupId>io.dropwizard.metrics</groupId>
             <artifactId>metrics-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${codahale.metrics.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        
+
         <!-- Test -->
         <dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-security-test</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
-        <finalName>spring-security-mvc-session</finalName>
-        <resources>
-            <resource>
-                <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
-                <filtering>true</filtering>
-            </resource>
-        </resources>
-
         <plugins>
-
             <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-war-plugin.version}</version>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.codehaus.cargo</groupId>
-                <artifactId>cargo-maven2-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${cargo-maven2-plugin.version}</version>
+                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
-                    <wait>true</wait>
-                    <container>
-                        <containerId>jetty8x</containerId>
-                        <type>embedded</type>
-                        <systemProperties>
-                            <!-- <provPersistenceTarget>cargo</provPersistenceTarget> -->
-                        </systemProperties>
-                    </container>
-                    <configuration>
-                        <properties>
-                            <cargo.servlet.port>8082</cargo.servlet.port>
-                        </properties>
-                    </configuration>
+                    <mainClass>com.baeldung.SpringSessionApplication</mainClass>
+                    <layout>JAR</layout>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
-
         </plugins>
-
     </build>
 
-    <properties>
-        <!-- various -->
-        <codahale.metrics.version>3.0.2</codahale.metrics.version>
-
-        <!-- Maven plugins -->
-        <cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.6.1</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
-    </properties>
-
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/java/org/baeldung/SpringSessionApplication.java b/spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/java/com/baeldung/SpringSessionApplication.java
similarity index 93%
rename from spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/java/org/baeldung/SpringSessionApplication.java
rename to spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/java/com/baeldung/SpringSessionApplication.java
index 9e52f0430a..c2a4b35df0 100644
--- a/spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/java/org/baeldung/SpringSessionApplication.java
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/java/com/baeldung/SpringSessionApplication.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package org.baeldung;
+package com.baeldung;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/java/org/baeldung/monitoring/MetricRegistrySingleton.java b/spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/java/com/baeldung/monitoring/MetricRegistrySingleton.java
similarity index 95%
rename from spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/java/org/baeldung/monitoring/MetricRegistrySingleton.java
rename to spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/java/com/baeldung/monitoring/MetricRegistrySingleton.java
index ed253305ed..e2224996c2 100644
--- a/spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/java/org/baeldung/monitoring/MetricRegistrySingleton.java
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/java/com/baeldung/monitoring/MetricRegistrySingleton.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package org.baeldung.monitoring;
+package com.baeldung.monitoring;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/java/org/baeldung/security/MySimpleUrlAuthenticationSuccessHandler.java b/spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/java/com/baeldung/security/MySimpleUrlAuthenticationSuccessHandler.java
similarity index 99%
rename from spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/java/org/baeldung/security/MySimpleUrlAuthenticationSuccessHandler.java
rename to spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/java/com/baeldung/security/MySimpleUrlAuthenticationSuccessHandler.java
index 19f49ea59d..9d4fc19098 100644
--- a/spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/java/org/baeldung/security/MySimpleUrlAuthenticationSuccessHandler.java
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/java/com/baeldung/security/MySimpleUrlAuthenticationSuccessHandler.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package org.baeldung.security;
+package com.baeldung.security;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Collection;
diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/java/org/baeldung/security/SessionFilter.java b/spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/java/com/baeldung/security/SessionFilter.java
similarity index 97%
rename from spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/java/org/baeldung/security/SessionFilter.java
rename to spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/java/com/baeldung/security/SessionFilter.java
index d37d46e478..f4f876af9c 100644
--- a/spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/java/org/baeldung/security/SessionFilter.java
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/java/com/baeldung/security/SessionFilter.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package org.baeldung.security;
+package com.baeldung.security;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/MvcConfig.java b/spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/MvcConfig.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..38a4f3f81b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/MvcConfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package com.baeldung.spring;
+
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.ViewControllerRegistry;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurer;
+
+@Configuration
+public class MvcConfig implements WebMvcConfigurer {
+
+    @Override
+    public void addViewControllers(final ViewControllerRegistry registry) {
+        registry.addViewController("/anonymous.html");
+
+        registry.addViewController("/login.html");
+        registry.addViewController("/homepage.html");
+        registry.addViewController("/sessionExpired.html");
+        registry.addViewController("/invalidSession.html");
+        registry.addViewController("/console.html");
+    }
+
+
+    /* 
+     * Spring Boot supports configuring a ViewResolver with properties
+     */
+//    @Bean
+//    public ViewResolver viewResolver() {
+//        final InternalResourceViewResolver bean = new InternalResourceViewResolver();
+//
+//        bean.setViewClass(JstlView.class);
+//        bean.setPrefix("/WEB-INF/view/");
+//        bean.setSuffix(".jsp");
+//    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/SecSecurityConfig.java b/spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/SecSecurityConfig.java
similarity index 91%
rename from spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/SecSecurityConfig.java
rename to spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/SecSecurityConfig.java
index b7996ebf18..a922ba6f7f 100644
--- a/spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/SecSecurityConfig.java
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/SecSecurityConfig.java
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
-package org.baeldung.spring;
+package com.baeldung.spring;
 
-import org.baeldung.security.MySimpleUrlAuthenticationSuccessHandler;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.authentication.builders.AuthenticationManagerBuilder;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.builders.HttpSecurity;
-import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.EnableWebSecurity;
 import org.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter;
 import org.springframework.security.config.http.SessionCreationPolicy;
 import org.springframework.security.crypto.bcrypt.BCryptPasswordEncoder;
@@ -13,9 +11,10 @@ import org.springframework.security.crypto.password.PasswordEncoder;
 import org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AuthenticationSuccessHandler;
 import org.springframework.security.web.session.HttpSessionEventPublisher;
 
+import com.baeldung.security.MySimpleUrlAuthenticationSuccessHandler;
+
 @Configuration
 // @ImportResource({ "classpath:webSecurityConfig.xml" })
-@EnableWebSecurity
 public class SecSecurityConfig extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
 
     public SecSecurityConfig() {
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ public class SecSecurityConfig extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
         .csrf().disable()
         .authorizeRequests()
         .antMatchers("/anonymous*").anonymous()
-        .antMatchers("/login*").permitAll()
+        .antMatchers("/login*","/invalidSession*", "/sessionExpired*").permitAll()
         .anyRequest().authenticated()
         .and()
         .formLogin()
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ public class SecSecurityConfig extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
     public HttpSessionEventPublisher httpSessionEventPublisher() {
         return new HttpSessionEventPublisher();
     }
-    
+
     @Bean
     public PasswordEncoder passwordEncoder() {
         return new BCryptPasswordEncoder();
diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/SessionListenerWithMetrics.java b/spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/java/com/baeldung/web/SessionListenerWithMetrics.java
similarity index 92%
rename from spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/SessionListenerWithMetrics.java
rename to spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/java/com/baeldung/web/SessionListenerWithMetrics.java
index 46bf2708f7..fb1a81744e 100644
--- a/spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/SessionListenerWithMetrics.java
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/java/com/baeldung/web/SessionListenerWithMetrics.java
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-package org.baeldung.web;
+package com.baeldung.web;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpSessionEvent;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpSessionListener;
 
-import org.baeldung.monitoring.MetricRegistrySingleton;
-
+import com.baeldung.monitoring.MetricRegistrySingleton;
 import com.codahale.metrics.Counter;
 
 public class SessionListenerWithMetrics implements HttpSessionListener {
diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/MvcConfig.java b/spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/MvcConfig.java
deleted file mode 100644
index b9f50ded73..0000000000
--- a/spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/java/org/baeldung/spring/MvcConfig.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-package org.baeldung.spring;
-
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
-import org.springframework.web.servlet.ViewResolver;
-import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.EnableWebMvc;
-import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.ViewControllerRegistry;
-import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurer;
-import org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver;
-import org.springframework.web.servlet.view.JstlView;
-
-@EnableWebMvc
-@Configuration
-public class MvcConfig implements WebMvcConfigurer {
-
-    public MvcConfig() {
-        super();
-    }
-
-    // API
-
-    @Override
-    public void addViewControllers(final ViewControllerRegistry registry) {
-
-        registry.addViewController("/anonymous.html");
-
-        registry.addViewController("/login.html");
-        registry.addViewController("/homepage.html");
-        registry.addViewController("/sessionExpired.html");
-        registry.addViewController("/invalidExpired.html");
-        registry.addViewController("/console.html");
-    }
-
-    @Bean
-    public ViewResolver viewResolver() {
-        final InternalResourceViewResolver bean = new InternalResourceViewResolver();
-
-        bean.setViewClass(JstlView.class);
-        bean.setPrefix("/WEB-INF/view/");
-        bean.setSuffix(".jsp");
-
-        return bean;
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/resources/application.properties b/spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/resources/application.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..39ec0a0b27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-session/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+server.servlet.session.timeout=60s
+
+spring.mvc.view.prefix=/WEB-INF/view/
+spring.mvc.view.suffix=.jsp
+
+## Secure Session Cookie configurations
+#server.servlet.session.cookie.http-only=true
+#server.servlet.session.cookie.secure=true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-session/src/test/java/com/baeldung/SpringContextIntegrationTest.java b/spring-security-mvc-session/src/test/java/com/baeldung/SpringContextIntegrationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8e53a6371a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-security-mvc-session/src/test/java/com/baeldung/SpringContextIntegrationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package com.baeldung;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;
+
+@RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
+@SpringBootTest
+public class SpringContextIntegrationTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenSpringContextIsBootstrapped_thenNoExceptions() {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-session/src/test/java/org/baeldung/SpringContextIntegrationTest.java b/spring-security-mvc-session/src/test/java/org/baeldung/SpringContextIntegrationTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e74e83a53..0000000000
--- a/spring-security-mvc-session/src/test/java/org/baeldung/SpringContextIntegrationTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-package org.baeldung;
-
-import org.baeldung.spring.MvcConfig;
-import org.baeldung.spring.SecSecurityConfig;
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
-import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
-import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
-import org.springframework.test.context.web.WebAppConfiguration;
-
-@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
-@ContextConfiguration(classes = { MvcConfig.class, SecSecurityConfig.class })
-@WebAppConfiguration
-public class SpringContextIntegrationTest {
-
-    @Test
-    public void whenSpringContextIsBootstrapped_thenNoExceptions() {
-    }
-}
diff --git a/spring-security-mvc-session/src/test/java/org/baeldung/SpringContextTest.java b/spring-security-mvc-session/src/test/java/org/baeldung/SpringContextTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ee80d856a..0000000000
--- a/spring-security-mvc-session/src/test/java/org/baeldung/SpringContextTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-package org.baeldung;
-
-import org.baeldung.spring.MvcConfig;
-import org.baeldung.spring.SecSecurityConfig;
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
-import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
-import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
-import org.springframework.test.context.web.WebAppConfiguration;
-
-@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
-@ContextConfiguration(classes = { MvcConfig.class, SecSecurityConfig.class })
-@WebAppConfiguration
-public class SpringContextTest {
-
-    @Test
-    public void whenSpringContextIsBootstrapped_thenNoExceptions() {
-    }
-}