diff --git a/spring-boot-cli/pom.xml b/spring-boot-cli/pom.xml
index 211a709360..9abf220005 100644
--- a/spring-boot-cli/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-cli/pom.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,30 @@
 			<version>${project.version}</version>
 			<classifier>tests</classifier>
 			<scope>test</scope>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+					<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+					<artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+					<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+					<artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.javassist</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/compiler/ExtendedGroovyClassLoader.java b/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/compiler/ExtendedGroovyClassLoader.java
index 803d7e4e98..b0435de5eb 100644
--- a/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/compiler/ExtendedGroovyClassLoader.java
+++ b/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/compiler/ExtendedGroovyClassLoader.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import org.codehaus.groovy.control.SourceUnit;
 class ExtendedGroovyClassLoader extends GroovyClassLoader {
 
 	private Map<String, byte[]> classResources = new HashMap<String, byte[]>();
+
 	private CompilerConfiguration configuration;
 
 	public ExtendedGroovyClassLoader(ClassLoader loader, CompilerConfiguration config) {
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/properties/ConfigurationPropertiesBindingPostProcessor.java b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/properties/ConfigurationPropertiesBindingPostProcessor.java
index c6ce051d0c..c3c7820601 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/properties/ConfigurationPropertiesBindingPostProcessor.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/properties/ConfigurationPropertiesBindingPostProcessor.java
@@ -148,7 +148,9 @@ public class ConfigurationPropertiesBindingPostProcessor implements BeanPostProc
 			this.validator = getOptionalBean(VALIDATOR_BEAN_NAME, Validator.class);
 			if (this.validator == null
 					&& ClassUtils.isPresent(VALIDATOR_CLASS, this.beanClassLoader)) {
-				LocalValidatorFactoryBean validatorToUse = new LocalValidatorFactoryBean();
+				LocalValidatorFactoryBean validatorToUse = (LocalValidatorFactoryBean) ClassUtils
+						.forName(LocalValidatorFactoryBean.class.getName(),
+								this.beanClassLoader).newInstance();
 				validatorToUse.setApplicationContext(this.applicationContext);
 				validatorToUse.afterPropertiesSet();
 				this.validator = validatorToUse;