diff --git a/spring-boot-actuator-docs/src/restdoc/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/hypermedia/EndpointDocumentation.java b/spring-boot-actuator-docs/src/restdoc/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/hypermedia/EndpointDocumentation.java
index 1807a12939..c2652e3afd 100644
--- a/spring-boot-actuator-docs/src/restdoc/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/hypermedia/EndpointDocumentation.java
+++ b/spring-boot-actuator-docs/src/restdoc/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/hypermedia/EndpointDocumentation.java
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ public class EndpointDocumentation {
 	public void setLogger() throws Exception {
 		this.mockMvc
 				.perform(post("/loggers/org.springframework.boot")
-						.contentType(ActuatorMediaTypes.APPLICATION_ACTUATOR_V1_JSON)
+						.contentType(ActuatorMediaTypes.APPLICATION_ACTUATOR_V2_JSON)
 						.content("{\"configuredLevel\": \"DEBUG\"}"))
 				.andExpect(status().isOk()).andDo(document("set-logger"));
 	}
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ public class EndpointDocumentation {
 	public void auditEvents() throws Exception {
 		this.mockMvc
 				.perform(get("/auditevents").param("after", "2016-11-01T10:00:00+0000")
-						.accept(ActuatorMediaTypes.APPLICATION_ACTUATOR_V1_JSON))
+						.accept(ActuatorMediaTypes.APPLICATION_ACTUATOR_V2_JSON))
 				.andExpect(status().isOk()).andDo(document("auditevents"));
 	}
 
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ public class EndpointDocumentation {
 		this.mockMvc
 				.perform(get("/auditevents").param("principal", "admin")
 						.param("after", "2016-11-01T10:00:00+0000")
-						.accept(ActuatorMediaTypes.APPLICATION_ACTUATOR_V1_JSON))
+						.accept(ActuatorMediaTypes.APPLICATION_ACTUATOR_V2_JSON))
 				.andExpect(status().isOk())
 				.andDo(document("auditevents/filter-by-principal"));
 	}
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ public class EndpointDocumentation {
 				.perform(get("/auditevents").param("principal", "admin")
 						.param("after", "2016-11-01T10:00:00+0000")
 						.param("type", "AUTHENTICATION_SUCCESS")
-						.accept(ActuatorMediaTypes.APPLICATION_ACTUATOR_V1_JSON))
+						.accept(ActuatorMediaTypes.APPLICATION_ACTUATOR_V2_JSON))
 				.andExpect(status().isOk())
 				.andDo(document("auditevents/filter-by-principal-and-type"));
 	}
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ public class EndpointDocumentation {
 				output = output.length() > 0 ? output : "./";
 				this.mockMvc
 						.perform(get(endpointPath)
-								.accept(ActuatorMediaTypes.APPLICATION_ACTUATOR_V1_JSON))
+								.accept(ActuatorMediaTypes.APPLICATION_ACTUATOR_V2_JSON))
 						.andExpect(status().isOk()).andDo(document(output))
 						.andDo(new ResultHandler() {
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-actuator-docs/src/restdoc/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/hypermedia/HealthEndpointDocumentation.java b/spring-boot-actuator-docs/src/restdoc/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/hypermedia/HealthEndpointDocumentation.java
index 7f7601ab46..3ee568ddce 100644
--- a/spring-boot-actuator-docs/src/restdoc/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/hypermedia/HealthEndpointDocumentation.java
+++ b/spring-boot-actuator-docs/src/restdoc/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/hypermedia/HealthEndpointDocumentation.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public class HealthEndpointDocumentation {
 	public void health() throws Exception {
 		this.mockMvc
 				.perform(get("/health")
-						.accept(ActuatorMediaTypes.APPLICATION_ACTUATOR_V1_JSON))
+						.accept(ActuatorMediaTypes.APPLICATION_ACTUATOR_V2_JSON))
 				.andExpect(status().isOk()).andDo(document("health/insensitive"));
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-actuator-docs/src/restdoc/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/hypermedia/HypermediaEndpointDocumentation.java b/spring-boot-actuator-docs/src/restdoc/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/hypermedia/HypermediaEndpointDocumentation.java
index 224a8acb71..4f8ca1d8ba 100644
--- a/spring-boot-actuator-docs/src/restdoc/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/hypermedia/HypermediaEndpointDocumentation.java
+++ b/spring-boot-actuator-docs/src/restdoc/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/hypermedia/HypermediaEndpointDocumentation.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public class HypermediaEndpointDocumentation {
 	public void beans() throws Exception {
 		this.mockMvc
 				.perform(get("/beans")
-						.accept(ActuatorMediaTypes.APPLICATION_ACTUATOR_V1_JSON))
+						.accept(ActuatorMediaTypes.APPLICATION_ACTUATOR_V2_JSON))
 				.andExpect(status().isOk()).andDo(document("beans/hypermedia"));
 	}
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public class HypermediaEndpointDocumentation {
 	public void metrics() throws Exception {
 		this.mockMvc
 				.perform(get("/metrics")
-						.accept(ActuatorMediaTypes.APPLICATION_ACTUATOR_V1_JSON))
+						.accept(ActuatorMediaTypes.APPLICATION_ACTUATOR_V2_JSON))
 				.andExpect(status().isOk())
 				.andExpect(jsonPath("$._links.self.href")
 						.value("http://localhost:8080/metrics"))
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public class HypermediaEndpointDocumentation {
 	public void home() throws Exception {
 		this.mockMvc
 				.perform(get("/actuator")
-						.accept(ActuatorMediaTypes.APPLICATION_ACTUATOR_V1_JSON))
+						.accept(ActuatorMediaTypes.APPLICATION_ACTUATOR_V2_JSON))
 				.andExpect(status().isOk()).andDo(document("admin"));
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/EndpointWebMvcHypermediaManagementContextConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/EndpointWebMvcHypermediaManagementContextConfiguration.java
index f4f6712c54..1aca690d5c 100644
--- a/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/EndpointWebMvcHypermediaManagementContextConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/EndpointWebMvcHypermediaManagementContextConfiguration.java
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ public class EndpointWebMvcHypermediaManagementContextConfiguration {
 			if (messageConverter instanceof TypeConstrainedMappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter) {
 				List<MediaType> supportedMediaTypes = new ArrayList<>(
 						messageConverter.getSupportedMediaTypes());
-				supportedMediaTypes.add(ActuatorMediaTypes.APPLICATION_ACTUATOR_V1_JSON);
+				supportedMediaTypes.add(ActuatorMediaTypes.APPLICATION_ACTUATOR_V2_JSON);
 				((AbstractHttpMessageConverter<?>) messageConverter)
 						.setSupportedMediaTypes(supportedMediaTypes);
 			}
diff --git a/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/mvc/ActuatorGetMapping.java b/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/mvc/ActuatorGetMapping.java
index 8f534e8076..30e9bbbf8b 100644
--- a/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/mvc/ActuatorGetMapping.java
+++ b/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/mvc/ActuatorGetMapping.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
 @Documented
 @RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.GET, produces = {
-		ActuatorMediaTypes.APPLICATION_ACTUATOR_V1_JSON_VALUE,
+		ActuatorMediaTypes.APPLICATION_ACTUATOR_V2_JSON_VALUE,
 		MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE })
 @interface ActuatorGetMapping {
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/mvc/ActuatorMediaTypes.java b/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/mvc/ActuatorMediaTypes.java
index 5018921a64..6817a398a3 100644
--- a/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/mvc/ActuatorMediaTypes.java
+++ b/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/mvc/ActuatorMediaTypes.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
  * {@link MediaType MediaTypes} that can be consumed and produced by Actuator endpoints.
  *
  * @author Andy Wilkinson
+ * @author Madhura Bhave
  * @since 1.5.0
  */
 public final class ActuatorMediaTypes {
@@ -31,12 +32,23 @@ public final class ActuatorMediaTypes {
 	 */
 	public static final String APPLICATION_ACTUATOR_V1_JSON_VALUE = "application/vnd.spring-boot.actuator.v1+json";
 
+	/**
+	 * {@link String} equivalent of {@link #APPLICATION_ACTUATOR_V2_JSON}.
+	 */
+	public static final String APPLICATION_ACTUATOR_V2_JSON_VALUE = "application/vnd.spring-boot.actuator.v2+json";
+
 	/**
 	 * The {@code application/vnd.spring-boot.actuator.v1+json} media type.
 	 */
 	public static final MediaType APPLICATION_ACTUATOR_V1_JSON = MediaType
 			.valueOf(APPLICATION_ACTUATOR_V1_JSON_VALUE);
 
+	/**
+	 * The {@code application/vnd.spring-boot.actuator.v2+json} media type.
+	 */
+	public static final MediaType APPLICATION_ACTUATOR_V2_JSON = MediaType
+			.valueOf(APPLICATION_ACTUATOR_V2_JSON_VALUE);
+
 	private ActuatorMediaTypes() {
 
 	}
diff --git a/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/mvc/ActuatorPostMapping.java b/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/mvc/ActuatorPostMapping.java
index 4ec79ed793..ff4746ba2d 100644
--- a/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/mvc/ActuatorPostMapping.java
+++ b/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/mvc/ActuatorPostMapping.java
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
 @Documented
 @RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.POST, consumes = {
-		ActuatorMediaTypes.APPLICATION_ACTUATOR_V1_JSON_VALUE,
+		ActuatorMediaTypes.APPLICATION_ACTUATOR_V2_JSON_VALUE,
 		MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE }, produces = {
-				ActuatorMediaTypes.APPLICATION_ACTUATOR_V1_JSON_VALUE,
+				ActuatorMediaTypes.APPLICATION_ACTUATOR_V2_JSON_VALUE,
 				MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE })
 @interface ActuatorPostMapping {
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/mvc/ShutdownMvcEndpoint.java b/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/mvc/ShutdownMvcEndpoint.java
index ddb887b58d..6424d102b0 100644
--- a/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/mvc/ShutdownMvcEndpoint.java
+++ b/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/mvc/ShutdownMvcEndpoint.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public class ShutdownMvcEndpoint extends EndpointMvcAdapter {
 		super(delegate);
 	}
 
-	@PostMapping(produces = { ActuatorMediaTypes.APPLICATION_ACTUATOR_V1_JSON_VALUE,
+	@PostMapping(produces = { ActuatorMediaTypes.APPLICATION_ACTUATOR_V2_JSON_VALUE,
 			MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE })
 	@ResponseBody
 	@Override
diff --git a/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/mvc/AuditEventsMvcEndpointTests.java b/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/mvc/AuditEventsMvcEndpointTests.java
index c42a2c3687..8e32949342 100644
--- a/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/mvc/AuditEventsMvcEndpointTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/mvc/AuditEventsMvcEndpointTests.java
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@ public class AuditEventsMvcEndpointTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void contentTypeDefaultsToActuatorV1Json() throws Exception {
+	public void contentTypeDefaultsToActuatorV2Json() throws Exception {
 		this.mvc.perform(get("/auditevents")).andExpect(status().isOk())
 				.andExpect(header().string("Content-Type",
-						"application/vnd.spring-boot.actuator.v1+json;charset=UTF-8"));
+						"application/vnd.spring-boot.actuator.v2+json;charset=UTF-8"));
 	}
 
 	@Test
diff --git a/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/mvc/EnvironmentMvcEndpointTests.java b/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/mvc/EnvironmentMvcEndpointTests.java
index a1f13eace7..41558077e2 100644
--- a/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/mvc/EnvironmentMvcEndpointTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/mvc/EnvironmentMvcEndpointTests.java
@@ -79,10 +79,10 @@ public class EnvironmentMvcEndpointTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void homeContentTypeDefaultsToActuatorV1Json() throws Exception {
+	public void homeContentTypeDefaultsToActuatorV2Json() throws Exception {
 		this.mvc.perform(get("/env")).andExpect(status().isOk())
 				.andExpect(header().string("Content-Type",
-						"application/vnd.spring-boot.actuator.v1+json;charset=UTF-8"));
+						"application/vnd.spring-boot.actuator.v2+json;charset=UTF-8"));
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -94,10 +94,10 @@ public class EnvironmentMvcEndpointTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void subContentTypeDefaultsToActuatorV1Json() throws Exception {
+	public void subContentTypeDefaultsToActuatorV2Json() throws Exception {
 		this.mvc.perform(get("/env/foo")).andExpect(status().isOk())
 				.andExpect(header().string("Content-Type",
-						"application/vnd.spring-boot.actuator.v1+json;charset=UTF-8"));
+						"application/vnd.spring-boot.actuator.v2+json;charset=UTF-8"));
 	}
 
 	@Test
diff --git a/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/mvc/InfoMvcEndpointTests.java b/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/mvc/InfoMvcEndpointTests.java
index 94f294bd05..6c909fc78b 100644
--- a/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/mvc/InfoMvcEndpointTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/mvc/InfoMvcEndpointTests.java
@@ -83,10 +83,10 @@ public class InfoMvcEndpointTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void contentTypeDefaultsToActuatorV1Json() throws Exception {
+	public void contentTypeDefaultsToActuatorV2Json() throws Exception {
 		this.mvc.perform(get("/info")).andExpect(status().isOk())
 				.andExpect(header().string("Content-Type",
-						"application/vnd.spring-boot.actuator.v1+json;charset=UTF-8"));
+						"application/vnd.spring-boot.actuator.v2+json;charset=UTF-8"));
 	}
 
 	@Test
diff --git a/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/mvc/LoggersMvcEndpointTests.java b/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/mvc/LoggersMvcEndpointTests.java
index 0d3025a23d..82e573a788 100644
--- a/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/mvc/LoggersMvcEndpointTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/mvc/LoggersMvcEndpointTests.java
@@ -130,10 +130,10 @@ public class LoggersMvcEndpointTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void contentTypeForGetDefaultsToActuatorV1Json() throws Exception {
+	public void contentTypeForGetDefaultsToActuatorV2Json() throws Exception {
 		this.mvc.perform(get("/loggers")).andExpect(status().isOk())
 				.andExpect(header().string("Content-Type",
-						"application/vnd.spring-boot.actuator.v1+json;charset=UTF-8"));
+						"application/vnd.spring-boot.actuator.v2+json;charset=UTF-8"));
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -152,9 +152,9 @@ public class LoggersMvcEndpointTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void setLoggerUsingActuatorV1JsonShouldSetLogLevel() throws Exception {
+	public void setLoggerUsingActuatorV2JsonShouldSetLogLevel() throws Exception {
 		this.mvc.perform(post("/loggers/ROOT")
-				.contentType(ActuatorMediaTypes.APPLICATION_ACTUATOR_V1_JSON)
+				.contentType(ActuatorMediaTypes.APPLICATION_ACTUATOR_V2_JSON)
 				.content("{\"configuredLevel\":\"debug\"}")).andExpect(status().isOk());
 		verify(this.loggingSystem).setLogLevel("ROOT", LogLevel.DEBUG);
 	}
diff --git a/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/mvc/MetricsMvcEndpointTests.java b/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/mvc/MetricsMvcEndpointTests.java
index aa6937ef9d..603c083541 100644
--- a/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/mvc/MetricsMvcEndpointTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/mvc/MetricsMvcEndpointTests.java
@@ -83,10 +83,10 @@ public class MetricsMvcEndpointTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void homeContentTypeDefaultsToActuatorV1Json() throws Exception {
+	public void homeContentTypeDefaultsToActuatorV2Json() throws Exception {
 		this.mvc.perform(get("/metrics")).andExpect(status().isOk())
 				.andExpect(header().string("Content-Type",
-						"application/vnd.spring-boot.actuator.v1+json;charset=UTF-8"));
+						"application/vnd.spring-boot.actuator.v2+json;charset=UTF-8"));
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -98,10 +98,10 @@ public class MetricsMvcEndpointTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void specificMetricContentTypeDefaultsToActuatorV1Json() throws Exception {
+	public void specificMetricContentTypeDefaultsToActuatorV2Json() throws Exception {
 		this.mvc.perform(get("/metrics/foo")).andExpect(status().isOk())
 				.andExpect(header().string("Content-Type",
-						"application/vnd.spring-boot.actuator.v1+json;charset=UTF-8"));
+						"application/vnd.spring-boot.actuator.v2+json;charset=UTF-8"));
 	}
 
 	@Test
diff --git a/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/mvc/ShutdownMvcEndpointTests.java b/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/mvc/ShutdownMvcEndpointTests.java
index 3eb5bacc17..3c289ac353 100644
--- a/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/mvc/ShutdownMvcEndpointTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/endpoint/mvc/ShutdownMvcEndpointTests.java
@@ -74,10 +74,10 @@ public class ShutdownMvcEndpointTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void contentTypeDefaultsToActuatorV1Json() throws Exception {
+	public void contentTypeDefaultsToActuatorV2Json() throws Exception {
 		this.mvc.perform(post("/shutdown")).andExpect(status().isOk())
 				.andExpect(header().string("Content-Type",
-						"application/vnd.spring-boot.actuator.v1+json;charset=UTF-8"));
+						"application/vnd.spring-boot.actuator.v2+json;charset=UTF-8"));
 		assertThat(this.context.getBean(CountDownLatch.class).await(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS))
 				.isTrue();
 	}