diff --git a/docker/docker-internal-dto/pom.xml b/docker/docker-internal-dto/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d7ba6d7373
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/docker-internal-dto/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<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>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung.docker</groupId>
+        <artifactId>docker-spring-boot-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>0.0.1</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>docker-internal-dto</artifactId>
+
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker/docker-internal-dto/src/main/java/com/baeldung/docker/VariableDto.java b/docker/docker-internal-dto/src/main/java/com/baeldung/docker/VariableDto.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..86e173e351
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/docker-internal-dto/src/main/java/com/baeldung/docker/VariableDto.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package com.baeldung.docker;
+
+public class VariableDto {
+
+    private final String value;
+
+    public VariableDto(String value) {
+        this.value = value;
+    }
+
+    public String getValue() {
+        return value;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/docker/docker-spring-boot/pom.xml b/docker/docker-spring-boot/pom.xml
index e8f6c134b1..9524f68a5a 100644
--- a/docker/docker-spring-boot/pom.xml
+++ b/docker/docker-spring-boot/pom.xml
@@ -1,21 +1,21 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<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 https://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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
-        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.1.RELEASE</version>
-        <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
+        <groupId>com.baeldung.docker</groupId>
+        <artifactId>docker-spring-boot-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>0.0.1</version>
     </parent>
-    <groupId>com.baeldung.docker</groupId>
-    <artifactId>spring-boot-docker</artifactId>
-    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    <name>spring-boot-docker</name>
+
+    <artifactId>docker-spring-boot</artifactId>
+
+    <name>docker-spring-boot</name>
     <description>Demo project showing Spring Boot and Docker</description>
 
     <properties>
-        <java.version>8</java.version>
+        <java.version>11</java.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.baeldung.docker</groupId>
+            <artifactId>docker-internal-dto</artifactId>
+            <version>0.0.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
diff --git a/docker/docker-spring-boot/src/main/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/docker-spring-boot/src/main/docker/Dockerfile
index 663cc94490..c0fd9c9cdb 100644
--- a/docker/docker-spring-boot/src/main/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/docker-spring-boot/src/main/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ RUN java -Djarmode=layertools -jar application.jar extract
 
 FROM adoptopenjdk:11-jre-hotspot
 COPY --from=builder dependencies/ ./
-COPY --from=builder snapshot-dependencies/ ./
-COPY --from=builder internal-dependencies/ ./
 COPY --from=builder spring-boot-loader/ ./
+COPY --from=builder internal-dependencies/ ./
+COPY --from=builder snapshot-dependencies/ ./
 COPY --from=builder application/ ./
 ENTRYPOINT ["java", "org.springframework.boot.loader.JarLauncher"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker/pom.xml b/docker/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3668ceb0fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>2.3.1.RELEASE</version>
+        <relativePath /> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
+    </parent>
+
+    <groupId>com.baeldung.docker</groupId>
+    <artifactId>docker-spring-boot-parent</artifactId>
+    <version>0.0.1</version>
+    <name>docker-spring-boot-parent</name>
+    <description>Demo project showing Spring Boot and Docker</description>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+    <properties>
+        <java.version>11</java.version>
+    </properties>
+
+    <modules>
+        <module>docker-internal-dto</module>
+        <module>docker-spring-boot</module>
+    </modules>
+
+</project>