diff --git a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-thymeleaf/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springsecuritythymeleaf/PasswordEncoderConfiguration.java b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-thymeleaf/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springsecuritythymeleaf/PasswordEncoderConfiguration.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5ffe2c35f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-thymeleaf/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springsecuritythymeleaf/PasswordEncoderConfiguration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package com.baeldung.springsecuritythymeleaf;
+
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.security.crypto.bcrypt.BCryptPasswordEncoder;
+import org.springframework.security.crypto.password.PasswordEncoder;
+
+@Configuration
+public class PasswordEncoderConfiguration {
+
+    @Bean
+    public PasswordEncoder passwordEncoder() {
+        return new BCryptPasswordEncoder();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-thymeleaf/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springsecuritythymeleaf/SecurityConfiguration.java b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-thymeleaf/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springsecuritythymeleaf/SecurityConfiguration.java
index f7f8cfb708..8e9047f629 100644
--- a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-thymeleaf/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springsecuritythymeleaf/SecurityConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-thymeleaf/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springsecuritythymeleaf/SecurityConfiguration.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ 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.crypto.bcrypt.BCryptPasswordEncoder;
+import org.springframework.security.crypto.password.PasswordEncoder;
 import org.springframework.security.web.util.matcher.AntPathRequestMatcher;
 
 @Configuration
@@ -32,19 +33,15 @@ public class SecurityConfiguration extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {
     }
 
     @Autowired
-    public void configureGlobal(AuthenticationManagerBuilder auth) throws Exception {
+    public void configureGlobal(AuthenticationManagerBuilder auth, PasswordEncoder passwordEncoder) throws Exception {
         auth.inMemoryAuthentication()
             .withUser("user")
-            .password(passwordEncoder().encode("password"))
+            .password(passwordEncoder.encode("password"))
             .roles("USER")
             .and()
             .withUser("admin")
-            .password(passwordEncoder().encode("admin"))
+            .password(passwordEncoder.encode("admin"))
             .roles("ADMIN");
     }
-    
-    @Bean
-    public BCryptPasswordEncoder passwordEncoder() {
-        return new BCryptPasswordEncoder();
-    }
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-thymeleaf/src/test/java/com/baeldung/springsecuritythymeleaf/ViewControllerIntegrationTest.java b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-thymeleaf/src/test/java/com/baeldung/springsecuritythymeleaf/ViewControllerIntegrationTest.java
index c87d1bacc3..606a33dcf5 100644
--- a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-thymeleaf/src/test/java/com/baeldung/springsecuritythymeleaf/ViewControllerIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-web-thymeleaf/src/test/java/com/baeldung/springsecuritythymeleaf/ViewControllerIntegrationTest.java
@@ -9,11 +9,13 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.autoconfigure.web.servlet.WebMvcTest;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;
 import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.MockMvc;
 
 @RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
 @WebMvcTest
+@Import(PasswordEncoderConfiguration.class)
 public class ViewControllerIntegrationTest {
 
 	@Autowired