If you wish to use Spock to test a Spring Boot application, you should add a dependency on Spock's `spock-spring` module to your application's build.
Spock 2.x can be used to test a Spring Boot application.
To do so, add a dependency on Spock's `spock-spring` module to your application's build.
`spock-spring` integrates Spring's test framework into Spock.
`spock-spring` integrates Spring's test framework into Spock.
See https://spockframework.org/spock/docs/2.0/modules.html#_spring_module[the documentation for Spock's Spring module] for further details.
See https://spockframework.org/spock/docs/2.0/modules.html#_spring_module[the documentation for Spock's Spring module] for further details.
NOTE: As of Spring Boot 2.5.x and its support for Groovy 3.x you have two options to make use of Spock:
Either use the latest Spock 2.x release that is compatible with Groovy 3.x or stick with Spock 1.3 and downgrade Spring Boot's Groovy version to 2.5.x.