diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-discovery/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-discovery/pom.xml
index 2726634695..d641e21049 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-discovery/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-discovery/pom.xml
@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@
 			<artifactId>spock-spring</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-configuration-processor</artifactId>
+			<optional>true</optional>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
 			<artifactId>groovy-all</artifactId>