diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0fd4f3b212..bdc2b03e6d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -60,9 +60,10 @@
     <apache.commons.compress>1.21</apache.commons.compress>
     <apache.commons.io>2.11.0</apache.commons.io>
     <common.codec.version>1.15</common.codec.version>
-    <spring.boot.version>2.7.4</spring.boot.version>
+    <spring.boot.version>3.0.0-M5</spring.boot.version>
     <spring.version>5.3.23</spring.version>
     <prometheus.client.version>0.15.0</prometheus.client.version>
+    <reflections.version>0.10.2</reflections.version>
 
     <e2e.skip>true</e2e.skip>
 
@@ -89,6 +90,11 @@
 
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.reflections</groupId>
+        <artifactId>reflections</artifactId>
+        <version>${reflections.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
         <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
@@ -324,7 +330,16 @@
       <layout>default</layout>
     </repository>
   </distributionManagement>
-
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>spring-milestones</id>
+      <name>Spring Milestones</name>
+      <url>https://repo.spring.io/milestone</url>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
   <build>
     <pluginManagement>
       <plugins>
@@ -393,21 +408,21 @@
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
     <plugins>
-    <!-- Sources jar -->
-    <plugin>
+      <!-- Sources jar -->
+      <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>3.2.1</version>
         <executions>
-            <execution>
-                <id>attach-sources</id>
-                <goals>
-                    <goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
-                </goals>
-            </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>attach-sources</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
         </executions>
-    </plugin>
-    <plugin>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>3.4.2</version>
@@ -489,35 +504,35 @@
             <greclipse />          <!-- has its own section below -->
             <licenseHeader>
               <content>
-/*
-Copyright $YEAR The Kubernetes Authors.
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
+                /*
+                Copyright $YEAR The Kubernetes Authors.
+                Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+                you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+                You may obtain a copy of the License at
+                http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+                Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+                distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+                WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+                See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+                limitations under the License.
+                */
               </content>
             </licenseHeader>
           </groovy>
           <licenseHeader>
             <content>
-/*
-Copyright $YEAR The Kubernetes Authors.
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
+              /*
+              Copyright $YEAR The Kubernetes Authors.
+              Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+              you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+              You may obtain a copy of the License at
+              http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+              Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+              distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+              WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+              See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+              limitations under the License.
+              */
             </content>
             <delimiter>package </delimiter>
           </licenseHeader>
@@ -525,7 +540,6 @@ limitations under the License.
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
-
   <profiles>
     <profile>
       <id>release-sign-artifacts</id>
@@ -541,8 +555,8 @@ limitations under the License.
                 <phase>verify</phase>
                 <goals>
                   <goal>sign</goal>
-	        </goals>
-		<configuration>
+                </goals>
+                <configuration>
                   <!-- This is necessary for gpg to not try to use the pinentry programs -->
                   <gpgArguments>
                     <arg>--pinentry-mode</arg>
@@ -562,4 +576,4 @@ limitations under the License.
       </modules>
     </profile>
   </profiles>
-</project>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring/pom.xml b/spring/pom.xml
index 93cb0df61a..b22d731250 100644
--- a/spring/pom.xml
+++ b/spring/pom.xml
@@ -14,8 +14,11 @@
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
-
   <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.reflections</groupId>
+      <artifactId>reflections</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.kubernetes</groupId>
       <artifactId>client-java-api</artifactId>
@@ -26,7 +29,6 @@
       <artifactId>client-java-extended</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
-
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-boot</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/spring/extended/controller/config/KubernetesReconcilerAutoConfiguration.java b/spring/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/spring/extended/controller/config/KubernetesReconcilerAutoConfiguration.java
index f59f66c311..45627feb36 100644
--- a/spring/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/spring/extended/controller/config/KubernetesReconcilerAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/spring/extended/controller/config/KubernetesReconcilerAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 
-@Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
+@Configuration
 @ConditionalOnKubernetesReconcilerEnabled
 public class KubernetesReconcilerAutoConfiguration {
 
diff --git a/spring/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/spring/extended/controller/config/aot/KubernetesBeanFactoryInitializationAotProcessor.java b/spring/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/spring/extended/controller/config/aot/KubernetesBeanFactoryInitializationAotProcessor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..400a4309df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/spring/extended/controller/config/aot/KubernetesBeanFactoryInitializationAotProcessor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+package io.kubernetes.client.spring.extended.controller.config.aot;
+
+
+import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
+import com.google.gson.annotations.JsonAdapter;
+import io.kubernetes.client.informer.cache.ProcessorListener;
+import io.kubernetes.client.util.Watch;
+import io.kubernetes.client.util.generic.GenericKubernetesApi;
+import io.swagger.annotations.ApiModel;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.reflections.Reflections;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.aot.hint.MemberCategory;
+import org.springframework.aot.hint.RuntimeHints;
+import org.springframework.aot.hint.TypeReference;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.aot.BeanFactoryInitializationAotContribution;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.aot.BeanFactoryInitializationAotProcessor;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableListableBeanFactory;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfigurationPackages;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+/**
+ * Registers hints to support Spring Framework 6 and Spring Boot 3 AOT
+ */
+public class KubernetesBeanFactoryInitializationAotProcessor implements BeanFactoryInitializationAotProcessor {
+
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(KubernetesBeanFactoryInitializationAotProcessor.class);
+
+    private final MemberCategory[] allMemberCategories = MemberCategory.values();
+
+    @Override
+    public BeanFactoryInitializationAotContribution processAheadOfTime(
+            @NotNull ConfigurableListableBeanFactory beanFactory) {
+        return (generationContext, beanFactoryInitializationCode) -> {
+            RuntimeHints hints = generationContext.getRuntimeHints();
+            Class<?>[] classes = new Class<?>[]{JsonElement.class, ProcessorListener.class,
+                    io.kubernetes.client.extended.controller.Controller.class,
+                    GenericKubernetesApi.StatusPatch.class, Watch.Response.class
+            };
+            for (Class<?> clazz : classes) {
+                logClassReflectionRegistration(clazz);
+                hints.reflection().registerType(TypeReference.of(clazz), allMemberCategories);
+            }
+            registerForPackage("io.kubernetes", hints);
+            Collection<String> packages = AutoConfigurationPackages.get(beanFactory);
+            for (String packageName : packages) {
+                registerForPackage(packageName, hints);
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    private void registerForPackage(String packageName, RuntimeHints hints) {
+        Reflections reflections = new Reflections(packageName);
+        Set<Class<?>> apiModels = reflections.getTypesAnnotatedWith(ApiModel.class);
+        Set<Class<?>> jsonAdapters = findJsonAdapters(reflections);
+        Set<Class<?>> all = new HashSet<>();
+        all.addAll(jsonAdapters);
+        all.addAll(apiModels);
+        for (Class<?> clazz : all) {
+            logClassReflectionRegistration(clazz);
+            hints.reflection().registerType(clazz, allMemberCategories);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void logClassReflectionRegistration(Class<?> clazz) {
+        if (LOGGER.isInfoEnabled()) {
+            LOGGER.info("registering " + clazz.getName() + " for Spring AOT reflection");
+        }
+    }
+
+    private <R extends Annotation> Set<Class<?>> findJsonAdapters(Reflections reflections) {
+        Class<JsonAdapter> jsonAdapterClass = JsonAdapter.class;
+        Set<Class<?>> classes = new HashSet<>();
+        for (Class<?> clazz : reflections.getTypesAnnotatedWith(jsonAdapterClass)) {
+            JsonAdapter annotation = clazz.getAnnotation(jsonAdapterClass);
+            if (null != annotation) {
+                classes.add(annotation.value());
+            }
+            classes.add(clazz);
+        }
+        return classes;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/aot.factories b/spring/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/aot.factories
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ffb354197e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/aot.factories
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+org.springframework.beans.factory.aot.BeanFactoryInitializationAotProcessor=io.kubernetes.client.spring.extended.controller.config.aot.KubernetesBeanFactoryInitializationAotProcessor
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguration.imports b/spring/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguration.imports
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7e78a1ccfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguration.imports
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+io.kubernetes.client.spring.extended.controller.config.KubernetesInformerAutoConfiguration
+io.kubernetes.client.spring.extended.controller.config.KubernetesReconcilerAutoConfiguration
+io.kubernetes.client.spring.extended.manifests.config.KubernetesManifestsAutoConfiguration
\ No newline at end of file