diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/pom.xml
index 838b856b8814..2362a41742a5 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/pom.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
         <module>spring-boot-caching-2</module>
         <module>spring-boot-client</module>
         <module>spring-boot-config-jpa-error</module>
+        <module>spring-boot-core</module>
         <module>spring-boot-ctx-fluent</module>
         <module>spring-boot-deployment</module>
         <module>spring-boot-di</module>
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7e207385cfde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+<?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>
+    <groupId>com.baeldung.spring-boot-core</groupId>
+    <artifactId>spring-boot-core</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <name>spring-boot-core</name>
+    <packaging>war</packaging>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>3.5.4</version>
+        <relativePath/>
+    </parent>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-logging</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-validation</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-webflux</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-log4j2</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-spring-boot</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
+            <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <compilerArgs>
+                        <arg>-parameters</arg>
+                    </compilerArgs>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+    <properties>
+        <start-class>com.baeldung.actuator.Application</start-class>
+        <spring-boot-maven-plugin.version>3.5.4</spring-boot-maven-plugin.version>
+    </properties>
+
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/actuator/Application.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/actuator/Application.java
similarity index 100%
rename from spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/actuator/Application.java
rename to spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/actuator/Application.java
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/actuator/DownstreamServiceHealthIndicator.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/actuator/DownstreamServiceHealthIndicator.java
similarity index 100%
rename from spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/actuator/DownstreamServiceHealthIndicator.java
rename to spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/actuator/DownstreamServiceHealthIndicator.java
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/actuator/FeaturesEndpoint.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/actuator/FeaturesEndpoint.java
similarity index 100%
rename from spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/actuator/FeaturesEndpoint.java
rename to spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/actuator/FeaturesEndpoint.java
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/actuator/InfoWebEndpointExtension.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/actuator/InfoWebEndpointExtension.java
similarity index 100%
rename from spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/actuator/InfoWebEndpointExtension.java
rename to spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/actuator/InfoWebEndpointExtension.java
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/actuator/JobConfig.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/actuator/JobConfig.java
similarity index 100%
rename from spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/actuator/JobConfig.java
rename to spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/actuator/JobConfig.java
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/actuator/SecurityConfig.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/actuator/SecurityConfig.java
similarity index 100%
rename from spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/actuator/SecurityConfig.java
rename to spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/actuator/SecurityConfig.java
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/configurationproperties/ConfigProperties.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/configurationproperties/ConfigProperties.java
similarity index 100%
rename from spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/configurationproperties/ConfigProperties.java
rename to spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/configurationproperties/ConfigProperties.java
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/configurationproperties/Employee.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/configurationproperties/Employee.java
similarity index 100%
rename from spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/configurationproperties/Employee.java
rename to spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/configurationproperties/Employee.java
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/configurationproperties/EmployeeConverter.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/configurationproperties/EmployeeConverter.java
similarity index 100%
rename from spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/configurationproperties/EmployeeConverter.java
rename to spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/configurationproperties/EmployeeConverter.java
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/configurationproperties/EnableConfigurationDemoApplication.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/configurationproperties/EnableConfigurationDemoApplication.java
similarity index 100%
rename from spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/configurationproperties/EnableConfigurationDemoApplication.java
rename to spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/configurationproperties/EnableConfigurationDemoApplication.java
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/configurationproperties/ImmutableCredentials.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/configurationproperties/ImmutableCredentials.java
similarity index 100%
rename from spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/configurationproperties/ImmutableCredentials.java
rename to spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/configurationproperties/ImmutableCredentials.java
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/configurationproperties/Item.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/configurationproperties/Item.java
similarity index 100%
rename from spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/configurationproperties/Item.java
rename to spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/configurationproperties/Item.java
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/configurationproperties/PropertiesConversionApplication.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/configurationproperties/PropertiesConversionApplication.java
similarity index 100%
rename from spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/configurationproperties/PropertiesConversionApplication.java
rename to spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/configurationproperties/PropertiesConversionApplication.java
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/configurationproperties/PropertyConversion.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/configurationproperties/PropertyConversion.java
similarity index 100%
rename from spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/configurationproperties/PropertyConversion.java
rename to spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/configurationproperties/PropertyConversion.java
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/logging/LoggingController.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/logging/LoggingController.java
similarity index 100%
rename from spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/logging/LoggingController.java
rename to spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/logging/LoggingController.java
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/logging/LombokLoggingController.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/logging/LombokLoggingController.java
similarity index 100%
rename from spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/logging/LombokLoggingController.java
rename to spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/logging/LombokLoggingController.java
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/logging/SpringBootLoggingApplication.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/logging/SpringBootLoggingApplication.java
similarity index 100%
rename from spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/logging/SpringBootLoggingApplication.java
rename to spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/logging/SpringBootLoggingApplication.java
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/resources/application.properties b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/resources/application.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d4a426270527
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+server.port=${port:8080}
+
+
+management.endpoint.health.group.custom.include=diskSpace,ping
+management.endpoint.health.group.custom.show-components=always
+management.endpoint.health.group.custom.show-details=always
+management.endpoint.health.group.custom.status.http-mapping.up=207
+management.endpoints.web.exposure.include=*
+
+logging.file.name=logs/app.log
+logging.file.path=logs
+
+spring.ssl.bundle.jks.server.keystore.location=classpath:ssl/baeldung.p12
+spring.ssl.bundle.jks.server.keystore.password=password
+spring.ssl.bundle.jks.server.keystore.type=PKCS12
+
+server.ssl.bundle=server
+server.ssl.enabled=false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/resources/configprops.properties b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/resources/configprops.properties
similarity index 100%
rename from spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/resources/configprops.properties
rename to spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/resources/configprops.properties
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/resources/conversion.properties b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/resources/conversion.properties
similarity index 100%
rename from spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/resources/conversion.properties
rename to spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/resources/conversion.properties
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/resources/log4j.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/resources/log4j.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/resources/log4j.xml
rename to spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/resources/log4j.xml
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/resources/log4j2-spring.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/resources/log4j2-spring.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/resources/log4j2-spring.xml
rename to spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/resources/log4j2-spring.xml
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/resources/ssl/baeldung.p12 b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/resources/ssl/baeldung.p12
similarity index 100%
rename from spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/resources/ssl/baeldung.p12
rename to spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/main/resources/ssl/baeldung.p12
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/test/java/com/baeldung/actuator/ActuatorInfoIntegrationTest.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/test/java/com/baeldung/actuator/ActuatorInfoIntegrationTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/test/java/com/baeldung/actuator/ActuatorInfoIntegrationTest.java
rename to spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/test/java/com/baeldung/actuator/ActuatorInfoIntegrationTest.java
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/test/java/com/baeldung/configurationproperties/PropertiesConversionIntegrationTest.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/test/java/com/baeldung/configurationproperties/PropertiesConversionIntegrationTest.java
similarity index 100%
rename from spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/test/java/com/baeldung/configurationproperties/PropertiesConversionIntegrationTest.java
rename to spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-core/src/test/java/com/baeldung/configurationproperties/PropertiesConversionIntegrationTest.java
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/pom.xml
index b2ab7f108f1a..0c88492321ae 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/pom.xml
@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@
             <artifactId>rest-assured</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-validation</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
@@ -63,14 +59,6 @@
                 </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-webflux</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-mail</artifactId>
@@ -82,17 +70,8 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-log4j2</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j-spring-boot</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
-            <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
+            <groupId>jakarta.validation</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jakarta.validation-api</artifactId>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/resources/application.properties b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 7e4eaeac97d1..599b9bfcd702 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -11,23 +11,7 @@ server.error.whitelabel.enabled=false
 spring.jpa.generate-ddl=true
 spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=update
 
-management.endpoint.health.group.custom.include=diskSpace,ping
-management.endpoint.health.group.custom.show-components=always
-management.endpoint.health.group.custom.show-details=always
-management.endpoint.health.group.custom.status.http-mapping.up=207
-management.endpoints.web.exposure.include=*
-
 spring.mail.host=localhost
 spring.mail.port=8025
 
-spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.globally_quoted_identifiers=true
-
-logging.file.name=logs/app.log
-logging.file.path=logs
-
-spring.ssl.bundle.jks.server.keystore.location=classpath:ssl/baeldung.p12
-spring.ssl.bundle.jks.server.keystore.password=password
-spring.ssl.bundle.jks.server.keystore.type=PKCS12
-
-server.ssl.bundle=server
-server.ssl.enabled=false
\ No newline at end of file
+spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.globally_quoted_identifiers=true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/test/resources/application-integrationtest.properties b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/test/resources/application-integrationtest.properties
index 17258688b1f0..422a28cf235f 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/test/resources/application-integrationtest.properties
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-simple/src/test/resources/application-integrationtest.properties
@@ -11,12 +11,6 @@ server.error.whitelabel.enabled=false
 spring.jpa.generate-ddl=true
 spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=update
 
-management.endpoint.health.group.custom.include=diskSpace,ping
-management.endpoint.health.group.custom.show-components=always
-management.endpoint.health.group.custom.show-details=always
-management.endpoint.health.group.custom.status.http-mapping.up=207
-management.endpoints.web.exposure.include=*
-
 spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.globally_quoted_identifiers=true
 
 spring.mail.host=localhost