diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/context/properties/bind/ValueObjectBinderTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/context/properties/bind/ValueObjectBinderTests.java
index f79010bbd5fd..ea285e238337 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/context/properties/bind/ValueObjectBinderTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/context/properties/bind/ValueObjectBinderTests.java
@@ -36,14 +36,11 @@
 import org.springframework.core.DefaultParameterNameDiscoverer;
 import org.springframework.core.ResolvableType;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionService;
-import org.springframework.core.test.tools.SourceFile;
-import org.springframework.core.test.tools.TestCompiler;
 import org.springframework.format.annotation.DateTimeFormat;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatExceptionOfType;
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.fail;
 
 /**
  * Tests for {@link ValueObjectBinder}.
@@ -51,6 +48,7 @@
  * @author Madhura Bhave
  * @author Phillip Webb
  * @author Pavel Anisimov
+ * @author Yanming Zhou
  */
 class ValueObjectBinderTests {
 
@@ -390,25 +388,12 @@ void bindToAnnotationNamedRecordComponent() {
 	@Test
 	void bindToRecordWithDefaultValue() {
 		MockConfigurationPropertySource source = new MockConfigurationPropertySource();
-		source.put("test.record.property1", "value-from-config-1");
+		source.put("test.property1", "value-from-config-1");
 		this.sources.add(source);
-		String recordProperties = """
-				public record RecordProperties(
-					@org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.DefaultValue("default-value-1") String property1,
-					@org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.DefaultValue("default-value-2") String property2) {
-				}
-				""";
-		TestCompiler.forSystem().withSources(SourceFile.of(recordProperties)).compile((compiled) -> {
-			try {
-				ClassLoader cl = compiled.getClassLoader();
-				Object bean = this.binder.bind("test.record", Class.forName("RecordProperties", true, cl)).get();
-				assertThat(bean).hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("property1", "value-from-config-1")
-					.hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("property2", "default-value-2");
-			}
-			catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
-				fail("Expected generated class 'RecordProperties' not found", ex);
-			}
-		});
+		Bindable<RecordProperties> target = Bindable.of(RecordProperties.class);
+		RecordProperties bound = this.binder.bindOrCreate("test", target);
+		assertThat(bound.property1()).isEqualTo("value-from-config-1");
+		assertThat(bound.property2()).isEqualTo("default-value-2");
 	}
 
 	@Test // gh-38201
@@ -912,6 +897,10 @@ String getImportName() {
 	record NamedRecordComponent(@Name("import") String importName) {
 	}
 
+	record RecordProperties(@DefaultValue("default-value-1") String property1,
+			@DefaultValue("default-value-2") String property2) {
+	}
+
 	static class NonExtractableParameterName {
 
 		private String value;