diff --git a/app/cli-ac/build.gradle b/app/cli-ac/build.gradle
index 38dbd1f2..fd741921 100644
--- a/app/cli-ac/build.gradle
+++ b/app/cli-ac/build.gradle
@@ -41,6 +41,14 @@ jar {
     }
 }
 
+// Disable all Spring AOT processing
+processAot.configure {
+    enabled = false;
+}
+processTestAot.configure {
+    enabled = false;
+}
+
 bootJar {
     archiveBaseName = 'AppleCommander'
     archiveAppendix = 'ac'
diff --git a/app/cli-acx/build.gradle b/app/cli-acx/build.gradle
index 894e5d1d..98c59e90 100644
--- a/app/cli-acx/build.gradle
+++ b/app/cli-acx/build.gradle
@@ -45,6 +45,14 @@ jar {
     }
 }
 
+// Disable all Spring AOT processing
+processAot.configure {
+    enabled = false;
+}
+processTestAot.configure {
+    enabled = false;
+}
+
 bootJar {
   archiveBaseName = 'AppleCommander'
   archiveAppendix = 'acx'
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6fc80c07..6abf7b71 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ ext {
     gsonVersion = "2.13.2"
     picocliVersion = "4.7.7"
     // 3.0(?) introduced Spring AOT automatic stuff and breaks when using GraalVM native image
-    springBoot = "2.7.18"
+    springBoot = "4.0.0"
     acdasmVersion = "6.1"
     graalvmBuildVersion = "0.11.3"
     clthVersion = "2.1"