diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/observation/web/servlet/WebMvcObservationAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/observation/web/servlet/WebMvcObservationAutoConfiguration.java
index e6f1c487de..2b4aa96c39 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/observation/web/servlet/WebMvcObservationAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/observation/web/servlet/WebMvcObservationAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties
 import org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.FilterRegistrationBean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.core.Ordered;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.Order;
 import org.springframework.http.server.observation.DefaultServerRequestObservationConvention;
 import org.springframework.http.server.observation.ServerRequestObservationConvention;
@@ -53,7 +54,6 @@ import org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet;
  * @author Brian Clozel
  * @author Jon Schneider
  * @author Dmytro Nosan
- * @author Moritz Halbritter
  * @since 3.0.0
  */
 @AutoConfiguration(after = { MetricsAutoConfiguration.class, CompositeMeterRegistryAutoConfiguration.class,
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public class WebMvcObservationAutoConfiguration {
 			.getIfAvailable(() -> new DefaultServerRequestObservationConvention(name));
 		ServerHttpObservationFilter filter = new ServerHttpObservationFilter(registry, convention);
 		FilterRegistrationBean<ServerHttpObservationFilter> registration = new FilterRegistrationBean<>(filter);
-		registration.setOrder(observationProperties.getHttp().getServer().getFilter().getOrder());
+		registration.setOrder(Ordered.HIGHEST_PRECEDENCE + 1);
 		registration.setDispatcherTypes(DispatcherType.REQUEST, DispatcherType.ASYNC);
 		return registration;
 	}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/observation/web/servlet/WebMvcObservationAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/observation/web/servlet/WebMvcObservationAutoConfigurationTests.java
index b996ba2064..3fd1a2b61b 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/observation/web/servlet/WebMvcObservationAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/observation/web/servlet/WebMvcObservationAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.
  * @author Tadaya Tsuyukubo
  * @author Madhura Bhave
  * @author Chanhyeong LEE
- * @author Moritz Halbritter
  */
 @ExtendWith(OutputCaptureExtension.class)
 class WebMvcObservationAutoConfigurationTests {
@@ -101,15 +100,6 @@ class WebMvcObservationAutoConfigurationTests {
 		});
 	}
 
-	@Test
-	void filterRegistrationOrderCanBeOverridden() {
-		this.contextRunner.withPropertyValues("management.observations.http.server.filter.order=1000")
-			.run((context) -> {
-				FilterRegistrationBean<?> registration = context.getBean(FilterRegistrationBean.class);
-				assertThat(registration.getOrder()).isEqualTo(1000);
-			});
-	}
-
 	@Test
 	void filterRegistrationBacksOffWithAnotherServerHttpObservationFilterRegistration() {
 		this.contextRunner.withUserConfiguration(TestServerHttpObservationFilterRegistrationConfiguration.class)