diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence/pom.xml
index 123e21ce59..39edc01170 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence/pom.xml
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
         <validation-api.version>2.0.1.Final</validation-api.version>
         <mysql-connector-java.version>8.2.0</mysql-connector-java.version>
         <start-class>com.baeldung.boot.Application</start-class>
+        <spring-boot.version>3.2.0</spring-boot.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence/src/test/java/com/baeldung/springbootinitialload/tests/SpringBootInitialLoadIntegrationTest.java b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence/src/test/java/com/baeldung/springbootinitialload/tests/SpringBootInitialLoadIntegrationTest.java
index fa2807777a..6a7eb6a680 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence/src/test/java/com/baeldung/springbootinitialload/tests/SpringBootInitialLoadIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence/src/test/java/com/baeldung/springbootinitialload/tests/SpringBootInitialLoadIntegrationTest.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package com.baeldung.springbootinitialload.tests;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.springframework.test.context.jdbc.Sql.ExecutionPhase.*;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
@@ -16,7 +17,8 @@ import com.baeldung.boot.repository.EmployeeRepository;
 
 @RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
 @SpringBootTest(classes = Application.class)
-@Sql({"/employees_schema.sql", "/import_employees.sql"})
+@Sql(scripts = {"/employees_schema.sql", "/import_employees.sql"}, executionPhase = BEFORE_TEST_CLASS)
+@Sql(scripts = {"/delete_employees_data.sql"}, executionPhase = AFTER_TEST_CLASS)
 public class SpringBootInitialLoadIntegrationTest {
 
     @Autowired
@@ -24,14 +26,12 @@ public class SpringBootInitialLoadIntegrationTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testLoadDataForTestClass() {
-        assertEquals(3, employeeRepository.findAll()
-            .size());
+        assertEquals(3, employeeRepository.findAll().size());
     }
 
     @Test
-    @Sql(scripts = {"/import_senior_employees.sql"}, config = @SqlConfig(encoding = "utf-8", transactionMode = TransactionMode.ISOLATED))
+    @Sql(scripts = {"/import_senior_employees.sql"}, executionPhase = BEFORE_TEST_METHOD ,config = @SqlConfig(encoding = "utf-8", transactionMode = TransactionMode.ISOLATED))
     public void testLoadDataForTestCase() {
-        assertEquals(5, employeeRepository.findAll()
-            .size());
+        assertEquals(5, employeeRepository.findAll().size());
     }
 }
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence/src/test/resources/delete_employees_data.sql b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence/src/test/resources/delete_employees_data.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..212c6bda28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence/src/test/resources/delete_employees_data.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DROP TABLE EMPLOYEES;