diff --git a/components/sbm-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/sbm/project/resource/TestProjectContext.java b/components/sbm-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/sbm/project/resource/TestProjectContext.java
index 6fac6bda5..ed8ba6c80 100644
--- a/components/sbm-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/sbm/project/resource/TestProjectContext.java
+++ b/components/sbm-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/sbm/project/resource/TestProjectContext.java
@@ -466,11 +466,14 @@ public ProjectContext build() {
                     "    <artifactId>dummy-root</artifactId>\n" +
                     "    <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>\n" +
                     "    <packaging>jar</packaging>\n" +
-                    "{{}}\n" +
+                    "{{springParentPom}}\n" +
                     "{{dependencies}}\n" +
                     "</project>\n";
 
-            xml = xml.replace("{{dependencies}}", getDependenciesSection());
+            xml = xml
+                    .replace("{{dependencies}}", getDependenciesSection())
+                    .replace("{{springParentPom}}", getSpringParentPomSection())
+            ;
 
             resourcesWithRelativePaths.put(Path.of("pom.xml"), xml);
 
@@ -520,6 +523,7 @@ public ProjectContext build() {
             return projectContext;
         }
 
+
         private void orderByOrderAnnotationValue(List<ProjectResourceWrapper> resourceWrapperList) {
             resourceWrapperList.sort(Comparator.comparing(this::getOrder));
         }
@@ -618,6 +622,23 @@ private String getDependenciesSection() {
             return dependenciesSection.toString();
         }
 
+        @NotNull
+        private String getSpringParentPomSection() {
+
+            if (this.springVersion.isPresent()) {
+                return """
+                            <parent>
+                                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+                                <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
+                                <version>%s</version>
+                                <relativePath/>
+                            </parent>
+                        """.formatted(this.springVersion.get());
+            }
+
+            return "";
+        }
+
         public Builder withSpringBootParentOf(String springVersion) {
 
             this.springVersion = Optional.of(springVersion);
diff --git a/components/sbm-recipes-boot-upgrade/src/test/java/org/springframework/sbm/boot/upgrade_27_30/report/helper/PagingAndSortingHelperTest.java b/components/sbm-recipes-boot-upgrade/src/test/java/org/springframework/sbm/boot/upgrade_27_30/report/helper/PagingAndSortingHelperTest.java
index 2403f1cc4..d8d69ad16 100644
--- a/components/sbm-recipes-boot-upgrade/src/test/java/org/springframework/sbm/boot/upgrade_27_30/report/helper/PagingAndSortingHelperTest.java
+++ b/components/sbm-recipes-boot-upgrade/src/test/java/org/springframework/sbm/boot/upgrade_27_30/report/helper/PagingAndSortingHelperTest.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ public class A {}
         """;
 
         ProjectContext context = TestProjectContext.buildProjectContext()
+                .withSpringBootParentOf("2.7.1")
                 .addJavaSource("src/main/java", javaClassWithPagingAndSortingRepository)
                 .addJavaSource("src/main/java",javaClassWithoutPagingAndSortingRepo)
                 .withBuildFileHavingDependencies("org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons:2.7.1")
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ public class A {}
         """;
 
         ProjectContext context = TestProjectContext.buildProjectContext()
+                .withSpringBootParentOf("2.7.1")
                 .addJavaSource("src/main/java", javaClassWithReactiveSortingRepo)
                 .addJavaSource("src/main/java",javaClassWithoutReactiveSortingRepo)
                 .withBuildFileHavingDependencies("org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons:2.7.1")
@@ -165,7 +167,7 @@ public class A {}
         """;
 
         ProjectContext context = TestProjectContext.buildProjectContext()
-                .withSpringBootParentOf("2.7,1")
+                .withSpringBootParentOf("2.7.1")
                 .addJavaSource("src/main/java", javaClassWithReactiveSortingRepo)
                 .addJavaSource("src/main/java",javaClassWithoutReactiveSortingRepo)
                 .withBuildFileHavingDependencies("org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons:2.7.1")
@@ -250,6 +252,7 @@ public class A {}
         """;
 
         ProjectContext context = TestProjectContext.buildProjectContext()
+                .withSpringBootParentOf("2.7.1")
                 .addJavaSource("src/main/java", javaClassWithPagingAndSortingRepository)
                 .addJavaSource("src/main/java",javaClassWithoutPagingAndSortingRepo)
                 .addJavaSource("src/main/java",javaClassWithReactiveSortingRepo)
@@ -309,6 +312,7 @@ public class A {}
         """;
 
         ProjectContext context = TestProjectContext.buildProjectContext()
+                .withSpringBootParentOf("2.7.1")
                 .addJavaSource("src/main/java",javaClassWithoutPagingAndSortingRepo)
                 .withBuildFileHavingDependencies("org.springframework.data:spring-data-commons:2.7.1")
                 .build();