diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-configuration-metadata.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-configuration-metadata.adoc
index 1b5767817a..ab4d6a782c 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-configuration-metadata.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-configuration-metadata.adoc
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ If you are using an `additional-spring-configuration-metadata.json` file, the `c
 
 [source,groovy,indent=0,subs="verbatim,quotes,attributes"]
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-	compileJava.dependsOn(processResources)
+	compileJava.inputs.files(processResources)
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 This dependency ensures that the additional metadata is available when the annotation processor runs during compilation.