diff --git a/module/spring-boot-restclient-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/test/RootUriRequestExpectationManager.java b/module/spring-boot-restclient-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/test/RootUriRequestExpectationManager.java
index 579da177588..486188c2f44 100644
--- a/module/spring-boot-restclient-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/test/RootUriRequestExpectationManager.java
+++ b/module/spring-boot-restclient-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/test/RootUriRequestExpectationManager.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.time.Duration;
 
-import org.springframework.boot.restclient.RootUriTemplateHandler;
 import org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpRequest;
 import org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpResponse;
 import org.springframework.http.client.support.HttpRequestWrapper;
@@ -36,13 +35,14 @@ import org.springframework.test.web.client.ResponseActions;
 import org.springframework.test.web.client.SimpleRequestExpectationManager;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
+import org.springframework.web.util.DefaultUriBuilderFactory;
 import org.springframework.web.util.UriTemplateHandler;
 
 /**
  * {@link RequestExpectationManager} that strips the specified root URI from the request
  * before verification. Can be used to simply test declarations when all REST calls start
  * the same way. For example: <pre class="code">
- * RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplateBuilder().rootUri("https://example.com").build();
+ * RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplateBuilder().baseUri("https://example.com").build();
  * MockRestServiceServer server = RootUriRequestExpectationManager.bindTo(restTemplate);
  * server.expect(requestTo("/hello")).andRespond(withSuccess());
  * restTemplate.getForEntity("/hello", String.class);
@@ -148,19 +148,25 @@ public class RootUriRequestExpectationManager implements RequestExpectationManag
 	/**
 	 * Return {@link RequestExpectationManager} to be used for binding with the specified
 	 * {@link RestTemplate}. If the {@link RestTemplate} is using a
-	 * {@link RootUriTemplateHandler} then a {@link RootUriRequestExpectationManager} is
-	 * returned, otherwise the source manager is returned unchanged.
+	 * {@link org.springframework.boot.restclient.RootUriTemplateHandler} then a
+	 * {@link RootUriRequestExpectationManager} is returned, otherwise the source manager
+	 * is returned unchanged.
 	 * @param restTemplate the source REST template
 	 * @param expectationManager the source {@link RequestExpectationManager}
 	 * @return a {@link RequestExpectationManager} to be bound to the template
 	 */
+	@SuppressWarnings("removal")
 	public static RequestExpectationManager forRestTemplate(RestTemplate restTemplate,
 			RequestExpectationManager expectationManager) {
 		Assert.notNull(restTemplate, "'restTemplate' must not be null");
 		UriTemplateHandler templateHandler = restTemplate.getUriTemplateHandler();
-		if (templateHandler instanceof RootUriTemplateHandler rootHandler && rootHandler.getRootUri() != null) {
+		if (templateHandler instanceof org.springframework.boot.restclient.RootUriTemplateHandler rootHandler
+				&& rootHandler.getRootUri() != null) {
 			return new RootUriRequestExpectationManager(rootHandler.getRootUri(), expectationManager);
 		}
+		else if (templateHandler instanceof DefaultUriBuilderFactory defaultHandler && defaultHandler.hasBaseUri()) {
+			return new RootUriRequestExpectationManager(defaultHandler.expand("").toString(), expectationManager);
+		}
 		return expectationManager;
 	}
 
diff --git a/module/spring-boot-restclient-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/test/MockServerRestTemplateCustomizerTests.java b/module/spring-boot-restclient-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/test/MockServerRestTemplateCustomizerTests.java
index 404f92ed7d6..fe380c19fd2 100644
--- a/module/spring-boot-restclient-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/test/MockServerRestTemplateCustomizerTests.java
+++ b/module/spring-boot-restclient-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/test/MockServerRestTemplateCustomizerTests.java
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class MockServerRestTemplateCustomizerTests {
 	void detectRootUriShouldDefaultToTrue() {
 		MockServerRestTemplateCustomizer customizer = new MockServerRestTemplateCustomizer(
 				UnorderedRequestExpectationManager.class);
-		customizer.customize(new RestTemplateBuilder().rootUri("https://example.com").build());
+		customizer.customize(new RestTemplateBuilder().baseUri("https://example.com").build());
 		assertThat(customizer.getServer()).extracting("expectationManager")
 			.isInstanceOf(RootUriRequestExpectationManager.class);
 	}
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class MockServerRestTemplateCustomizerTests {
 	@Test
 	void setDetectRootUriShouldDisableRootUriDetection() {
 		this.customizer.setDetectRootUri(false);
-		this.customizer.customize(new RestTemplateBuilder().rootUri("https://example.com").build());
+		this.customizer.customize(new RestTemplateBuilder().baseUri("https://example.com").build());
 		assertThat(this.customizer.getServer()).extracting("expectationManager")
 			.isInstanceOf(SimpleRequestExpectationManager.class);
 	}
diff --git a/module/spring-boot-restclient-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/test/RootUriRequestExpectationManagerTests.java b/module/spring-boot-restclient-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/test/RootUriRequestExpectationManagerTests.java
index acdb2d9fd44..7e912d342c1 100644
--- a/module/spring-boot-restclient-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/test/RootUriRequestExpectationManagerTests.java
+++ b/module/spring-boot-restclient-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/test/RootUriRequestExpectationManagerTests.java
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ class RootUriRequestExpectationManagerTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
+	@SuppressWarnings("removal")
 	void forRestTemplateWhenUsingRootUriTemplateHandlerShouldReturnRootUriRequestExpectationManager() {
 		RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplateBuilder().rootUri(this.uri).build();
 		RequestExpectationManager actual = RootUriRequestExpectationManager.forRestTemplate(restTemplate,
@@ -149,6 +150,15 @@ class RootUriRequestExpectationManagerTests {
 		assertThat(actual).extracting("rootUri").isEqualTo(this.uri);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void forRestTemplateWhenUsingBaseUriTemplateHandlerShouldReturnRootUriRequestExpectationManager() {
+		RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplateBuilder().baseUri(this.uri).build();
+		RequestExpectationManager actual = RootUriRequestExpectationManager.forRestTemplate(restTemplate,
+				this.delegate);
+		assertThat(actual).isInstanceOf(RootUriRequestExpectationManager.class);
+		assertThat(actual).extracting("rootUri").isEqualTo(this.uri);
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void forRestTemplateWhenNotUsingRootUriTemplateHandlerShouldReturnOriginalRequestExpectationManager() {
 		RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplateBuilder().build();
@@ -158,8 +168,8 @@ class RootUriRequestExpectationManagerTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	void boundRestTemplateShouldPrefixRootUri() {
-		RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplateBuilder().rootUri("https://example.com").build();
+	void boundRestTemplateShouldPrefixBaseUri() {
+		RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplateBuilder().baseUri("https://example.com").build();
 		MockRestServiceServer server = RootUriRequestExpectationManager.bindTo(restTemplate);
 		server.expect(requestTo("/hello")).andRespond(withSuccess());
 		restTemplate.getForEntity("/hello", String.class);
@@ -167,7 +177,7 @@ class RootUriRequestExpectationManagerTests {
 
 	@Test
 	void boundRestTemplateWhenUrlIncludesDomainShouldNotPrefixRootUri() {
-		RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplateBuilder().rootUri("https://example.com").build();
+		RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplateBuilder().baseUri("https://example.com").build();
 		MockRestServiceServer server = RootUriRequestExpectationManager.bindTo(restTemplate);
 		server.expect(requestTo("/hello")).andRespond(withSuccess());
 		assertThatExceptionOfType(AssertionError.class)
diff --git a/module/spring-boot-restclient-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/test/autoconfigure/AnotherExampleRestTemplateService.java b/module/spring-boot-restclient-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/test/autoconfigure/AnotherExampleRestTemplateService.java
index 511f1473062..7402effc3fd 100644
--- a/module/spring-boot-restclient-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/test/autoconfigure/AnotherExampleRestTemplateService.java
+++ b/module/spring-boot-restclient-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/test/autoconfigure/AnotherExampleRestTemplateService.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public class AnotherExampleRestTemplateService {
 	private final RestTemplate restTemplate;
 
 	public AnotherExampleRestTemplateService(RestTemplateBuilder builder) {
-		this.restTemplate = builder.rootUri("https://example.com").build();
+		this.restTemplate = builder.baseUri("https://example.com").build();
 	}
 
 	protected RestTemplate getRestTemplate() {
diff --git a/module/spring-boot-restclient-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/test/autoconfigure/AutoConfigureMockRestServiceServerWithRestTemplateRootUriIntegrationTests.java b/module/spring-boot-restclient-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/test/autoconfigure/AutoConfigureMockRestServiceServerWithRestTemplateRootUriIntegrationTests.java
index a02b1c8efc0..ec9de9d2fea 100644
--- a/module/spring-boot-restclient-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/test/autoconfigure/AutoConfigureMockRestServiceServerWithRestTemplateRootUriIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/module/spring-boot-restclient-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/test/autoconfigure/AutoConfigureMockRestServiceServerWithRestTemplateRootUriIntegrationTests.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class AutoConfigureMockRestServiceServerWithRestTemplateRootUriIntegrationTests
 
 		@Bean
 		RestTemplate restTemplate(RestTemplateBuilder restTemplateBuilder) {
-			return restTemplateBuilder.rootUri("/rest").build();
+			return restTemplateBuilder.baseUri("/rest").build();
 		}
 
 	}
diff --git a/module/spring-boot-restclient-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/test/autoconfigure/ExampleRestTemplateService.java b/module/spring-boot-restclient-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/test/autoconfigure/ExampleRestTemplateService.java
index 4f04ecdd472..5acc9d7b83d 100644
--- a/module/spring-boot-restclient-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/test/autoconfigure/ExampleRestTemplateService.java
+++ b/module/spring-boot-restclient-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/test/autoconfigure/ExampleRestTemplateService.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public class ExampleRestTemplateService {
 	private final RestTemplate restTemplate;
 
 	public ExampleRestTemplateService(RestTemplateBuilder builder) {
-		this.restTemplate = builder.rootUri("https://example.com").build();
+		this.restTemplate = builder.baseUri("https://example.com").build();
 	}
 
 	protected RestTemplate getRestTemplate() {
diff --git a/module/spring-boot-restclient/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/RestTemplateBuilder.java b/module/spring-boot-restclient/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/RestTemplateBuilder.java
index d39a04aa96d..37848d57e6f 100644
--- a/module/spring-boot-restclient/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/RestTemplateBuilder.java
+++ b/module/spring-boot-restclient/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/RestTemplateBuilder.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.CollectionUtils;
 import org.springframework.web.client.ResponseErrorHandler;
 import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
+import org.springframework.web.util.DefaultUriBuilderFactory;
 import org.springframework.web.util.UriTemplateHandler;
 
 /**
@@ -138,6 +139,24 @@ public class RestTemplateBuilder {
 		this.requestCustomizers = requestCustomizers;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Set a base URL template that should be applied to each request that starts with
+	 * {@code '/'}. The base URL will only apply when {@code String} variants of the
+	 * {@link RestTemplate} methods are used for specifying the request URL.
+	 * <p>
+	 * This is a specialization of {@link #uriTemplateHandler(UriTemplateHandler)} and
+	 * will override any previously configured uri template handler.
+	 * @param baseUri the base URI
+	 * @return a new builder instance
+	 * @since 4.1.0
+	 */
+	public RestTemplateBuilder baseUri(String baseUri) {
+		return new RestTemplateBuilder(this.clientSettings, this.detectRequestFactory, this.rootUri,
+				this.messageConverters, this.interceptors, this.requestFactoryBuilder,
+				new DefaultUriBuilderFactory(baseUri), this.errorHandler, this.basicAuthentication, this.defaultHeaders,
+				this.customizers, this.requestCustomizers);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Set if the {@link ClientHttpRequestFactory} should be detected based on the
 	 * classpath. Default if {@code true}.
@@ -157,7 +176,9 @@ public class RestTemplateBuilder {
 	 * {@link RestTemplate} methods are used for specifying the request URL.
 	 * @param rootUri the root URI or {@code null}
 	 * @return a new builder instance
+	 * @deprecated since 4.1.0 for removal in 4.3.0 in favor of {@link #baseUri(String)}
 	 */
+	@Deprecated(forRemoval = true, since = "4.1.0")
 	public RestTemplateBuilder rootUri(@Nullable String rootUri) {
 		return new RestTemplateBuilder(this.clientSettings, this.detectRequestFactory, rootUri, this.messageConverters,
 				this.interceptors, this.requestFactoryBuilder, this.uriTemplateHandler, this.errorHandler,
@@ -339,6 +360,8 @@ public class RestTemplateBuilder {
 	/**
 	 * Set the {@link UriTemplateHandler} that should be used with the
 	 * {@link RestTemplate}.
+	 * <p>
+	 * This method will override any {@link #baseUri(String)} previously set.
 	 * @param uriTemplateHandler the URI template handler to use
 	 * @return a new builder instance
 	 */
@@ -635,6 +658,7 @@ public class RestTemplateBuilder {
 	 * @see RestTemplateBuilder#build()
 	 * @see RestTemplateBuilder#build(Class)
 	 */
+	@SuppressWarnings("removal")
 	public <T extends RestTemplate> T configure(T restTemplate) {
 		ClientHttpRequestFactory requestFactory = buildRequestFactory();
 		if (requestFactory != null) {
diff --git a/module/spring-boot-restclient/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/RootUriBuilderFactory.java b/module/spring-boot-restclient/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/RootUriBuilderFactory.java
index 1a65e2bea39..19b9846cca6 100644
--- a/module/spring-boot-restclient/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/RootUriBuilderFactory.java
+++ b/module/spring-boot-restclient/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/RootUriBuilderFactory.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.springframework.boot.restclient;
 
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
+import org.springframework.web.util.DefaultUriBuilderFactory;
 import org.springframework.web.util.UriBuilder;
 import org.springframework.web.util.UriBuilderFactory;
 import org.springframework.web.util.UriComponentsBuilder;
@@ -28,7 +29,11 @@ import org.springframework.web.util.UriTemplateHandler;
  *
  * @author Scott Frederick
  * @since 4.0.0
+ * @deprecated since 4.1.0 for removal in 4.3.0 in favor of
+ * {@link DefaultUriBuilderFactory}.
  */
+@Deprecated(forRemoval = true, since = "4.1.0")
+@SuppressWarnings("removal")
 public class RootUriBuilderFactory extends RootUriTemplateHandler implements UriBuilderFactory {
 
 	/**
diff --git a/module/spring-boot-restclient/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/RootUriTemplateHandler.java b/module/spring-boot-restclient/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/RootUriTemplateHandler.java
index 85f4471bff5..19020191490 100644
--- a/module/spring-boot-restclient/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/RootUriTemplateHandler.java
+++ b/module/spring-boot-restclient/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/RootUriTemplateHandler.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
+import org.springframework.web.util.DefaultUriBuilderFactory;
 import org.springframework.web.util.UriTemplateHandler;
 
 /**
@@ -31,7 +32,10 @@ import org.springframework.web.util.UriTemplateHandler;
  * @author Phillip Webb
  * @author Scott Frederick
  * @since 4.0.0
+ * @deprecated since 4.1.0 for removal in 4.3.0 in favor of
+ * {@link DefaultUriBuilderFactory}.
  */
+@Deprecated(forRemoval = true, since = "4.1.0")
 public class RootUriTemplateHandler implements UriTemplateHandler {
 
 	private final @Nullable String rootUri;
diff --git a/module/spring-boot-restclient/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/RestClientWithRestTemplateBuilderTests.java b/module/spring-boot-restclient/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/RestClientWithRestTemplateBuilderTests.java
index e9a28524fdb..3a6dcb313d6 100644
--- a/module/spring-boot-restclient/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/RestClientWithRestTemplateBuilderTests.java
+++ b/module/spring-boot-restclient/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/RestClientWithRestTemplateBuilderTests.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class RestClientWithRestTemplateBuilderTests {
 
 	@Test
 	void buildUsingRestTemplateBuilderRootUri() {
-		RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplateBuilder().rootUri("https://resttemplate.example.com").build();
+		RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplateBuilder().baseUri("https://resttemplate.example.com").build();
 		RestClient.Builder builder = RestClient.builder(restTemplate);
 		RestClient client = buildMockedClient(builder, "https://resttemplate.example.com/test");
 		assertThat(client.get().uri("/test").retrieve().toBodilessEntity().getStatusCode().is2xxSuccessful()).isTrue();
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class RestClientWithRestTemplateBuilderTests {
 
 	@Test
 	void buildRestTemplateBuilderRootUriAndRestClientBuilderBaseUrl() {
-		RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplateBuilder().rootUri("https://resttemplate.example.com").build();
+		RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplateBuilder().baseUri("https://resttemplate.example.com").build();
 		RestClient.Builder builder = RestClient.builder(restTemplate).baseUrl("https://restclient.example.com");
 		RestClient client = buildMockedClient(builder, "https://resttemplate.example.com/test");
 		assertThat(client.get().uri("/test").retrieve().toBodilessEntity().getStatusCode().is2xxSuccessful()).isTrue();
diff --git a/module/spring-boot-restclient/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/RestTemplateBuilderTests.java b/module/spring-boot-restclient/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/RestTemplateBuilderTests.java
index 84dc48e7ffa..e23285d1a8a 100644
--- a/module/spring-boot-restclient/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/RestTemplateBuilderTests.java
+++ b/module/spring-boot-restclient/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/RestTemplateBuilderTests.java
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ import org.springframework.test.util.ReflectionTestUtils;
 import org.springframework.test.web.client.MockRestServiceServer;
 import org.springframework.web.client.ResponseErrorHandler;
 import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
+import org.springframework.web.util.DefaultUriBuilderFactory;
 import org.springframework.web.util.UriTemplateHandler;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
@@ -121,8 +122,8 @@ class RestTemplateBuilderTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	void rootUriShouldApply() {
-		RestTemplate restTemplate = this.builder.rootUri("https://example.com").build();
+	void baseUriShouldApply() {
+		RestTemplate restTemplate = this.builder.baseUri("https://example.com").build();
 		MockRestServiceServer server = MockRestServiceServer.bindTo(restTemplate).build();
 		server.expect(requestTo("https://example.com/hello")).andRespond(withSuccess());
 		restTemplate.getForEntity("/hello", String.class);
@@ -130,6 +131,7 @@ class RestTemplateBuilderTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
+	@SuppressWarnings("removal")
 	void rootUriShouldApplyAfterUriTemplateHandler() {
 		UriTemplateHandler uriTemplateHandler = mock(UriTemplateHandler.class);
 		RestTemplate template = this.builder.uriTemplateHandler(uriTemplateHandler)
@@ -466,14 +468,14 @@ class RestTemplateBuilderTests {
 		ClientHttpRequestFactory requestFactory = new HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory();
 		this.builder.interceptors(this.interceptor)
 			.messageConverters(this.messageConverter)
-			.rootUri("http://localhost:8080")
+			.baseUri("http://localhost:8080")
 			.errorHandler(errorHandler)
 			.basicAuthentication("spring", "boot")
 			.requestFactory(() -> requestFactory)
 			.customizers((restTemplate) -> {
 				assertThat(restTemplate.getInterceptors()).hasSize(1);
 				assertThat(restTemplate.getMessageConverters()).contains(this.messageConverter);
-				assertThat(restTemplate.getUriTemplateHandler()).isInstanceOf(RootUriBuilderFactory.class);
+				assertThat(restTemplate.getUriTemplateHandler()).isInstanceOf(DefaultUriBuilderFactory.class);
 				assertThat(restTemplate.getErrorHandler()).isEqualTo(errorHandler);
 				ClientHttpRequestFactory actualRequestFactory = restTemplate.getRequestFactory();
 				assertThat(actualRequestFactory).isInstanceOf(InterceptingClientHttpRequestFactory.class);
diff --git a/module/spring-boot-restclient/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/RootUriBuilderFactoryTests.java b/module/spring-boot-restclient/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/RootUriBuilderFactoryTests.java
index 7251decdd0b..b4460c71851 100644
--- a/module/spring-boot-restclient/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/RootUriBuilderFactoryTests.java
+++ b/module/spring-boot-restclient/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/RootUriBuilderFactoryTests.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
  *
  * @author Scott Frederick
  */
+@SuppressWarnings("removal")
 class RootUriBuilderFactoryTests {
 
 	@Test
diff --git a/module/spring-boot-restclient/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/RootUriTemplateHandlerTests.java b/module/spring-boot-restclient/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/RootUriTemplateHandlerTests.java
index 9140f2e8c82..b646dcf4480 100644
--- a/module/spring-boot-restclient/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/RootUriTemplateHandlerTests.java
+++ b/module/spring-boot-restclient/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/restclient/RootUriTemplateHandlerTests.java
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
  * @author Phillip Webb
  */
 @ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
+@SuppressWarnings("removal")
 class RootUriTemplateHandlerTests {
 
 	private URI uri;
diff --git a/module/spring-boot-resttestclient/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/resttestclient/TestRestTemplate.java b/module/spring-boot-resttestclient/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/resttestclient/TestRestTemplate.java
index 48118a3680e..b9988d6d48b 100644
--- a/module/spring-boot-resttestclient/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/resttestclient/TestRestTemplate.java
+++ b/module/spring-boot-resttestclient/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/resttestclient/TestRestTemplate.java
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ import org.springframework.boot.http.client.HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFacto
 import org.springframework.boot.http.client.HttpComponentsHttpClientBuilder.TlsSocketStrategyFactory;
 import org.springframework.boot.http.client.HttpRedirects;
 import org.springframework.boot.restclient.RestTemplateBuilder;
-import org.springframework.boot.restclient.RootUriTemplateHandler;
 import org.springframework.boot.resttestclient.autoconfigure.AutoConfigureTestRestTemplate;
 import org.springframework.boot.ssl.SslBundle;
 import org.springframework.core.ParameterizedTypeReference;
@@ -184,13 +183,14 @@ public class TestRestTemplate {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Returns the root URI applied by {@link RestTemplateBuilder#rootUri(String)} or
+	 * Returns the root URI applied by {@link RestTemplateBuilder#baseUri(String)} or
 	 * {@code ""} if the root URI has not been applied.
 	 * @return the root URI
 	 */
+	@SuppressWarnings("removal")
 	public @Nullable String getRootUri() {
 		UriTemplateHandler uriTemplateHandler = this.restTemplate.getUriTemplateHandler();
-		if (uriTemplateHandler instanceof RootUriTemplateHandler rootHandler) {
+		if (uriTemplateHandler instanceof org.springframework.boot.restclient.RootUriTemplateHandler rootHandler) {
 			return rootHandler.getRootUri();
 		}
 		return uriTemplateHandler.expand("").toString();
diff --git a/module/spring-boot-resttestclient/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/resttestclient/TestRestTemplateTests.java b/module/spring-boot-resttestclient/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/resttestclient/TestRestTemplateTests.java
index c59889e850a..932376a8fcf 100644
--- a/module/spring-boot-resttestclient/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/resttestclient/TestRestTemplateTests.java
+++ b/module/spring-boot-resttestclient/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/resttestclient/TestRestTemplateTests.java
@@ -114,10 +114,10 @@ class TestRestTemplateTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	void getRootUriRootUriSetViaRestTemplateBuilder() {
-		String rootUri = "https://example.com";
-		RestTemplateBuilder delegate = new RestTemplateBuilder().rootUri(rootUri);
-		assertThat(new TestRestTemplate(delegate).getRootUri()).isEqualTo(rootUri);
+	void getBaseUriRootUriSetViaRestTemplateBuilder() {
+		String baseUri = "https://example.com";
+		RestTemplateBuilder delegate = new RestTemplateBuilder().baseUri(baseUri);
+		assertThat(new TestRestTemplate(delegate).getRootUri()).isEqualTo(baseUri);
 	}
 
 	@Test
diff --git a/smoke-test/spring-boot-smoke-test-test/src/main/java/smoketest/test/service/RemoteVehicleDetailsService.java b/smoke-test/spring-boot-smoke-test-test/src/main/java/smoketest/test/service/RemoteVehicleDetailsService.java
index 7fb5bb87cd3..ef4939d8e1b 100644
--- a/smoke-test/spring-boot-smoke-test-test/src/main/java/smoketest/test/service/RemoteVehicleDetailsService.java
+++ b/smoke-test/spring-boot-smoke-test-test/src/main/java/smoketest/test/service/RemoteVehicleDetailsService.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public class RemoteVehicleDetailsService implements VehicleDetailsService {
 	private final RestTemplate restTemplate;
 
 	public RemoteVehicleDetailsService(ServiceProperties properties, RestTemplateBuilder restTemplateBuilder) {
-		this.restTemplate = restTemplateBuilder.rootUri(properties.getVehicleServiceRootUrl()).build();
+		this.restTemplate = restTemplateBuilder.baseUri(properties.getVehicleServiceRootUrl()).build();
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/system-test/spring-boot-deployment-system-tests/src/systemTest/java/org/springframework/boot/deployment/AbstractDeploymentTests.java b/system-test/spring-boot-deployment-system-tests/src/systemTest/java/org/springframework/boot/deployment/AbstractDeploymentTests.java
index f16cbdb4a5e..51a7477f10e 100644
--- a/system-test/spring-boot-deployment-system-tests/src/systemTest/java/org/springframework/boot/deployment/AbstractDeploymentTests.java
+++ b/system-test/spring-boot-deployment-system-tests/src/systemTest/java/org/springframework/boot/deployment/AbstractDeploymentTests.java
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ abstract class AbstractDeploymentTests {
 
 		private void test(Consumer<TestRestTemplate> consumer) {
 			TestRestTemplate rest = new TestRestTemplate(new RestTemplateBuilder()
-				.rootUri("http://" + this.container.getHost() + ":" + this.container.getMappedPort(this.port)
+				.baseUri("http://" + this.container.getHost() + ":" + this.container.getMappedPort(this.port)
 						+ "/spring-boot")
 				.requestFactory(() -> new HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory(HttpClients.custom()
 					.setRetryStrategy(new DefaultHttpRequestRetryStrategy(10, TimeValue.of(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS)))