WireMock, Cucumber, and Spring Boot

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Updated on January 16th, 2026 with WireMock’s Spring Boot support release 4.0.8 and Spring Boot 4 support. I am sharing my knowledge, experiences, and insights for free. Please clap for this article when you enjoy it, or you can buy me a coffee so I can stay awake and publish more articles.

A few weeks ago, I wrote this article explaining how to develop an API using WireMock, Cucumber, and Spring Boot. Since then, things have changed significantly, especially WireMock’s integration with Spring Boot and its support by Gradle. These changes compelled me to update this article.

If you have read the original article, feel free to skip ahead to the locations clearly marked as updated content. If you haven’t had the pleasure of reading it, just keep on reading and enjoy a full explanation of how you can use WireMock, Cucumber, and Spring Boot to develop APIs using Test Driven Development, Behavior Driven Development, and Consumer Contract Driven Development principles and practices. In short: API First.

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