The changes introduced in #620 are present in v4.2 but not in v4.3: * 4.2.x: https://docs.spring.io/spring-batch/docs/4.2.x/reference/html/job.html#javaConfig * 4.3.x: https://docs.spring.io/spring-batch/docs/4.3.x/reference/html/job.html#javaConfig This regression seems to be related to efdce562b0e71695221f6b165ab5979a9b6c3e66. @Buzzardo Could you please confirm that?