diff --git a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/getting-started.adoc b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/getting-started.adoc
index 4455381f1f4..90b1953cb1e 100644
--- a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/getting-started.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/getting-started.adoc
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ ifeval::["{spring-boot-repo}" != "release"]
 
 	apply plugin: 'java'
 	apply plugin: 'org.springframework.boot'
+	apply plugin: 'io.spring.dependency-management'
 
 endif::[]
 	jar {