diff --git a/adapters/oidc/spring-boot-adapter-core/src/main/java/org/keycloak/adapters/springboot/KeycloakSpringBootConfigResolver.java b/adapters/oidc/spring-boot-adapter-core/src/main/java/org/keycloak/adapters/springboot/KeycloakSpringBootConfigResolver.java
index a382230ff4..bd425e2650 100755
--- a/adapters/oidc/spring-boot-adapter-core/src/main/java/org/keycloak/adapters/springboot/KeycloakSpringBootConfigResolver.java
+++ b/adapters/oidc/spring-boot-adapter-core/src/main/java/org/keycloak/adapters/springboot/KeycloakSpringBootConfigResolver.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public class KeycloakSpringBootConfigResolver implements org.keycloak.adapters.K
 
     private KeycloakDeployment keycloakDeployment;
 
-    @Autowired
+    @Autowired(required=false)
     private AdapterConfig adapterConfig;
 
     @Override