diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c2043e5..b92b674 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -472,7 +472,8 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-properties-migrator</artifactId>
-            <scope>runtime</scope>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+            <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/flapdoodle/embed/mongo/spring/autoconfigure/EmbeddedMongoAutoConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/de/flapdoodle/embed/mongo/spring/autoconfigure/EmbeddedMongoAutoConfiguration.java
index af40aa4..827d288 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/flapdoodle/embed/mongo/spring/autoconfigure/EmbeddedMongoAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/flapdoodle/embed/mongo/spring/autoconfigure/EmbeddedMongoAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@
 	MongoAutoConfiguration.class, MongoReactiveAutoConfiguration.class
 })
 @EnableConfigurationProperties({ MongoProperties.class, EmbeddedMongoProperties.class })
-@AutoConfigureBefore({ MongoAutoConfiguration.class, MongoReactiveAutoConfiguration.class })
 @ConditionalOnClass({ MongoClientSettings.class, Mongod.class })
 @Import({
 	EmbeddedMongoAutoConfiguration.MongoPropertiesDependsOnBeanFactoryPostProcessor.class,