diff --git a/spring-boot-test-autoconfigure/pom.xml b/spring-boot-test-autoconfigure/pom.xml
index 488b1a18965..e47f4e9d6e6 100644
--- a/spring-boot-test-autoconfigure/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-test-autoconfigure/pom.xml
@@ -202,6 +202,11 @@
 			<artifactId>mongodb-driver-reactivestreams</artifactId>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.neo4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>neo4j-ogm-http-driver</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.skyscreamer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jsonassert</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-boot-test-autoconfigure/src/test/resources/application.properties b/spring-boot-test-autoconfigure/src/test/resources/application.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..06d81d8f6b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-test-autoconfigure/src/test/resources/application.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#
+# This is a temporary override until the Neo4j bolt driver stops validating
+# the connection on startup, see https://github.com/neo4j/neo4j-java-driver/issues/380 
+#
+spring.data.neo4j.uri=http://localhost:8989