diff --git a/spring-boot/src/main/java/com/baeldung/dynamicvalidation/DynamicValidationApp.java b/spring-boot/src/main/java/com/baeldung/dynamicvalidation/DynamicValidationApp.java
index 361a7b1c03..acdd836c8c 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/main/java/com/baeldung/dynamicvalidation/DynamicValidationApp.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/main/java/com/baeldung/dynamicvalidation/DynamicValidationApp.java
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ import javax.annotation.security.RolesAllowed;
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
 
-@SpringBootApplication
+import com.baeldung.autoconfiguration.MySQLAutoconfiguration;
+
+@SpringBootApplication(exclude = MySQLAutoconfiguration.class)
 public class DynamicValidationApp {
     @RolesAllowed("*")
     public static void main(String[] args) {