diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2af7cefb0a3f1e7df2fc27b8421f0e16b460e680..d5dba20660ddd88524bcc9319dec74e445b4d372 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-target/
+/target/
 !.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
 
 ### STS ###
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ target/
 .project
 .settings
 .springBeans
+.sts4-cache
 
 ### IntelliJ IDEA ###
 .idea
@@ -16,9 +17,9 @@ target/
 *.ipr
 
 ### NetBeans ###
-nbproject/private/
-build/
-nbbuild/
-dist/
-nbdist/
-.nb-gradle/
\ No newline at end of file
+/nbproject/private/
+/build/
+/nbbuild/
+/dist/
+/nbdist/
+/.nb-gradle/
diff --git a/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties b/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
index c315043703752ef4d11cf7d93f2c324852b2ebff..b573bb50d56e8c19282593cbf5b081e211923a83 100644
--- a/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
+++ b/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-distributionUrl=https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.5.0/apache-maven-3.5.0-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.5.3/apache-maven-3.5.3-bin.zip
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 251c84405556f7e94489ad4ee7825a683c2a8d9d..8a61388d3f4a52a9e6b41944a368433b60346c71 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 ### Java Spring template project
 
-This project is based on a GitLab [Project Template](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/gitlab-basics/create-project.html)
+This project is based on a GitLab [Project Template](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/gitlab-basics/create-project.html).
 
-Additions and changes to the project can be proposed in the [original project](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/project-templates/spring)
+Additions and changes to the project can be proposed in the [original project](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/project-templates/spring).
 
 ### CI/CD with Auto DevOps
 
 This template is compatible with [Auto DevOps](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/topics/autodevops/).
 
-If Auto DevOps is not already enabled for this project, you can [turn it on](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/topics/autodevops/#enabling-auto-devops)
-in the project settings. Otherwise, you can create a custom `.gitlab-ci.yml` file and customize it.
+If Auto DevOps is not already enabled for this project, you can [turn it on](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/topics/autodevops/#enabling-auto-devops) in the project settings.  
+Otherwise, you can create a custom `.gitlab-ci.yml` file and customize it.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 16ab646d5bece6ec6d44b39836d2a29a8471ffaa..2d1e8c87b0f8754dbf72462f119dcea7a92a4b56 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.5.6.RELEASE</version>
+		<version>2.0.1.RELEASE</version>
 		<relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/example/demo/DemoApplicationTests.java b/src/test/java/com/example/demo/DemoApplicationTests.java
index b76e7f2e6a61e5f201d010e65f44039f6a1ea844..8595e84d8724d3586ca52528a6f7067f9c8f5ee6 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/example/demo/DemoApplicationTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/example/demo/DemoApplicationTests.java
@@ -3,14 +3,26 @@ package com.example.demo;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest.WebEnvironment;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.web.client.TestRestTemplate;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
 @RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
-@SpringBootTest
+@SpringBootTest(webEnvironment = WebEnvironment.RANDOM_PORT)
 public class DemoApplicationTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void contextLoads() {
 	}
 
+	@Autowired
+	private TestRestTemplate restTemplate;
+
+	@Test
+	public void homeResponse() {
+		String body = this.restTemplate.getForObject("/", String.class);
+		assertThat(body).isEqualTo("Spring is here!");
+	}
 }