diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f0b4af8..be7562c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,11 +22,10 @@
 		<junit.jupiter.version>5.3.2</junit.jupiter.version>
 		<docker-maven-plugin.version>0.27.2</docker-maven-plugin.version>
 		<jgitflow-maven-plugin.version>1.0-m5.1</jgitflow-maven-plugin.version>
-		<spring-boot-starter.version>2.1.1.RELEASE</spring-boot-starter.version>
+		<spring-boot.version>2.1.3.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
 		<spring.kafka.version>2.2.4.RELEASE</spring.kafka.version>
 
 		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-		<maven-failsafe-plugin.version>2.22.1</maven-failsafe-plugin.version>
 		<assertj-core.version>3.11.1</assertj-core.version>
 		<guava.version>27.1-jre</guava.version>
 	</properties>
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
-			<version>${spring-boot-starter.version}</version>
+			<version>${spring-boot.version}</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-test</artifactId>
-			<version>2.1.2.RELEASE</version>
+			<version>${spring-boot.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
@@ -102,6 +101,10 @@
 						</execution>
 					</executions>
 				</plugin>
+				<plugin>
+					<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+					<version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
+				</plugin>
 				<plugin>
 					<groupId>external.atlassian.jgitflow</groupId>
 					<artifactId>jgitflow-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -138,15 +141,4 @@
 		</pluginManagement>
 	</build>
 
-	<distributionManagement>
-		<repository>
-			<id>releases</id>
-			<url>http://nexus.device-insight.de/nexus/content/repositories/releases</url>
-		</repository>
-		<snapshotRepository>
-			<id>snapshots</id>
-			<url>http://nexus.device-insight.de/nexus/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
-		</snapshotRepository>
-	</distributionManagement>
-
 </project>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.yml b/src/main/resources/application.yml
index 83e8867..e69de29 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-spring:
-  jackson:
-    serialization:
-      write-dates-as-timestamps: false
-
-management:
-  server:
-    port: 9090
-  metrics:
-    export:
-      prometheus:
-        enabled: true
-  endpoints:
-    web:
-      exposure:
-        include:
-          - health
-          - info
-          - prometheus
-          - loggers
-          - httptrace
-          - configprops
-          - metrics
-          - heapdump
-          - threaddump
-  endpoint:
-    health:
-      show-details: always
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/deviceinsight/kafka/health/KafkaConsumingHealthIndicatorTest.java b/src/test/java/com/deviceinsight/kafka/health/KafkaConsumingHealthIndicatorTest.java
index 311ab07..70c398b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/deviceinsight/kafka/health/KafkaConsumingHealthIndicatorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/deviceinsight/kafka/health/KafkaConsumingHealthIndicatorTest.java
@@ -6,10 +6,7 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import kafka.server.KafkaServer;
 import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.Consumer;
 import org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringDeserializer;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.TestInstance;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.*;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.health.Health;
@@ -29,7 +26,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 
 @ExtendWith(SpringExtension.class)
 @EmbeddedKafka(topics = {TOPIC})
-@TestInstance(TestInstance.Lifecycle.PER_CLASS)
 public class KafkaConsumingHealthIndicatorTest {
 
 	static final String TOPIC = "health-checks";
@@ -39,7 +35,7 @@ public class KafkaConsumingHealthIndicatorTest {
 	@Autowired
 	private EmbeddedKafkaBroker embeddedKafkaBroker;
 
-	@BeforeAll
+	@BeforeEach
 	public void setUp() {
 		Map<String, Object> consumerConfigs =
 				new HashMap<>(KafkaTestUtils.consumerProps("consumer", "false", embeddedKafkaBroker));
@@ -49,7 +45,7 @@ public class KafkaConsumingHealthIndicatorTest {
 		consumer.poll(Duration.ofSeconds(1));
 	}
 
-	@AfterAll
+	@AfterEach
 	public void tearDown() {
 		consumer.close();
 		embeddedKafkaBroker.getKafkaServers().forEach(KafkaServer::shutdown);
@@ -58,14 +54,14 @@ public class KafkaConsumingHealthIndicatorTest {
 
 	@Test
 	public void kafkaIsDown() throws Exception {
-		KafkaHealthProperties kafkaHealthProperties = new KafkaHealthProperties();
+		final KafkaHealthProperties kafkaHealthProperties = new KafkaHealthProperties();
 		kafkaHealthProperties.setTopic(TOPIC);
 
 		final KafkaProperties kafkaProperties = new KafkaProperties();
-		BrokerAddress[] brokerAddresses = embeddedKafkaBroker.getBrokerAddresses();
+		final BrokerAddress[] brokerAddresses = embeddedKafkaBroker.getBrokerAddresses();
 		kafkaProperties.setBootstrapServers(Collections.singletonList(brokerAddresses[0].toString()));
 
-		KafkaConsumingHealthIndicator healthIndicator =
+		final KafkaConsumingHealthIndicator healthIndicator =
 				new KafkaConsumingHealthIndicator(kafkaHealthProperties, kafkaProperties.buildConsumerProperties(),
 						kafkaProperties.buildProducerProperties());
 		healthIndicator.subscribeToTopic();
@@ -74,6 +70,9 @@ public class KafkaConsumingHealthIndicatorTest {
 		assertThat(health.getStatus()).isEqualTo(Status.UP);
 
 		shutdownKafka();
+
+		health = healthIndicator.health();
+		assertThat(health.getStatus()).isEqualTo(Status.DOWN);
 	}
 
 	private void shutdownKafka() {