diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/web/server/ChildManagementContextInitializer.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/web/server/ChildManagementContextInitializer.java
index 16b530ffa70..774322168eb 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/web/server/ChildManagementContextInitializer.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/web/server/ChildManagementContextInitializer.java
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ class ChildManagementContextInitializer
 		public void applyTo(GenerationContext generationContext, BeanRegistrationCode beanRegistrationCode) {
 			GenerationContext managementGenerationContext = generationContext.withName("Management");
 			ClassName generatedInitializerClassName = new ApplicationContextAotGenerator()
-					.generateApplicationContext(this.managementContext, managementGenerationContext);
+					.processAheadOfTime(this.managementContext, managementGenerationContext);
 			GeneratedMethod postProcessorMethod = beanRegistrationCode.getMethods().add("addManagementInitializer",
 					(method) -> method.addJavadoc("Use AOT management context initialization")
 							.addModifiers(Modifier.PRIVATE, Modifier.STATIC)
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/web/server/ChildManagementContextInitializerAotTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/web/server/ChildManagementContextInitializerAotTests.java
index a71bb0ff415..5b975ee428b 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/web/server/ChildManagementContextInitializerAotTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/web/server/ChildManagementContextInitializerAotTests.java
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class ChildManagementContextInitializerAotTests {
 								EndpointAutoConfiguration.class));
 		contextRunner.withPropertyValues("server.port=0", "management.server.port=0").prepare((context) -> {
 			TestGenerationContext generationContext = new TestGenerationContext(TestTarget.class);
-			ClassName className = new ApplicationContextAotGenerator().generateApplicationContext(
+			ClassName className = new ApplicationContextAotGenerator().processAheadOfTime(
 					(GenericApplicationContext) context.getSourceApplicationContext(), generationContext);
 			generationContext.writeGeneratedContent();
 			TestCompiler compiler = TestCompiler.forSystem();
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/AotProcessor.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/AotProcessor.java
index 264fe63f43a..6e6122f894b 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/AotProcessor.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/AotProcessor.java
@@ -147,8 +147,7 @@ public class AotProcessor {
 		DefaultGenerationContext generationContext = new DefaultGenerationContext(
 				new ClassNameGenerator(this.application), generatedFiles);
 		ApplicationContextAotGenerator generator = new ApplicationContextAotGenerator();
-		ClassName generatedInitializerClassName = generator.generateApplicationContext(applicationContext,
-				generationContext);
+		ClassName generatedInitializerClassName = generator.processAheadOfTime(applicationContext, generationContext);
 		registerEntryPointHint(generationContext, generatedInitializerClassName);
 		generationContext.writeGeneratedContent();
 		writeHints(generationContext.getRuntimeHints());
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/context/properties/ConfigurationPropertiesBeanRegistrationAotProcessorTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/context/properties/ConfigurationPropertiesBeanRegistrationAotProcessorTests.java
index ead75109b85..a9c7a521e88 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/context/properties/ConfigurationPropertiesBeanRegistrationAotProcessorTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/context/properties/ConfigurationPropertiesBeanRegistrationAotProcessorTests.java
@@ -143,8 +143,7 @@ class ConfigurationPropertiesBeanRegistrationAotProcessorTests {
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	private void compile(GenericApplicationContext context, Consumer<GenericApplicationContext> freshContext) {
 		TestGenerationContext generationContext = new TestGenerationContext(TestTarget.class);
-		ClassName className = new ApplicationContextAotGenerator().generateApplicationContext(context,
-				generationContext);
+		ClassName className = new ApplicationContextAotGenerator().processAheadOfTime(context, generationContext);
 		generationContext.writeGeneratedContent();
 		TestCompiler.forSystem().withFiles(generationContext.getGeneratedFiles()).compile((compiled) -> {
 			GenericApplicationContext freshApplicationContext = new GenericApplicationContext();