diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index c203ce07..beecbf4e 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ compileTestGroovy {
 }
 
 def libertyAntVersion = "1.9.16"
-def libertyCommonVersion = "1.8.36"
+def libertyCommonVersion = "1.8.37-SNAPSHOT"
 
 dependencies {
     implementation gradleApi()
diff --git a/src/test/groovy/io/openliberty/tools/gradle/TestSpringBootApplication30.groovy b/src/test/groovy/io/openliberty/tools/gradle/TestSpringBootApplication30.groovy
index c017bfd2..7cde4470 100644
--- a/src/test/groovy/io/openliberty/tools/gradle/TestSpringBootApplication30.groovy
+++ b/src/test/groovy/io/openliberty/tools/gradle/TestSpringBootApplication30.groovy
@@ -210,7 +210,18 @@ public class TestSpringBootApplication30 extends AbstractIntegrationTest{
         try {
             BuildResult result = runTasksFailResult(buildDir, 'deploy', 'libertyStart')
             String output = result.getOutput()
-            assertTrue(output.contains("Found multiple springBootApplication elements specified in the server configuration. Only one springBootApplication can be configured per Liberty server."))
+            assertTrue(output.contains("Found multiple springBootApplication elements specified in the server configuration file"))
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new AssertionError ("Fail on task deploy.", e)
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_spring_boot_with_springbootapplication_nodes_apps_include_30() {
+        try {
+            BuildResult result = runTasksFailResult(buildDir, 'deploy', 'libertyStart')
+            String output = result.getOutput()
+            assertTrue(output.contains("Found multiple springBootApplication elements specified in the server configuration in files"))
         } catch (Exception e) {
             throw new AssertionError ("Fail on task deploy.", e)
         }
diff --git a/src/test/resources/sample.springboot3/src/main/liberty/alternateConfig/server_springboot.xml b/src/test/resources/sample.springboot3/src/main/liberty/alternateConfig/server_springboot.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7a542c04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/sample.springboot3/src/main/liberty/alternateConfig/server_springboot.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<server description="new server">
+
+    <featureManager>
+    <!-- tag::servlet[] -->
+        <feature>servlet-6.0</feature>
+    <!-- end::servlet[] -->
+    <!-- tag::springboot[] -->
+        <feature>springBoot-3.0</feature>
+    <!-- end::springboot[] -->
+    </featureManager>
+
+    <!-- tag::httpport[] -->
+    <httpEndpoint id="defaultHttpEndpoint"
+                  host="*"
+                  httpPort="9080"
+                  httpsPort="9443" />
+    <!-- end::httpport[] -->
+    <include location="${server.config.dir}/included_server.xml"/>
+    <springBootApplication id="guide-spring-boot"
+                           location="guide-spring-boot-0.1.0.jar"
+                           name="guide-spring-boot" />
+
+    <!-- end::springBootApplication[] -->
+
+</server>
diff --git a/src/test/resources/sample.springboot3/src/main/liberty/config/included_server.xml b/src/test/resources/sample.springboot3/src/main/liberty/config/included_server.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9c2cb215
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/sample.springboot3/src/main/liberty/config/included_server.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<server description="new server">
+    <springBootApplication id="guide-spring-boot"
+                           location="guide-spring-boot-0.2.0.jar"
+                           name="guide-spring-boot" />
+</server>
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diff --git a/src/test/resources/sample.springboot3/test_spring_boot_with_springbootapplication_nodes_apps_include_30.gradle b/src/test/resources/sample.springboot3/test_spring_boot_with_springbootapplication_nodes_apps_include_30.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d23c9727
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/sample.springboot3/test_spring_boot_with_springbootapplication_nodes_apps_include_30.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+buildscript {
+	ext {
+		springBootVersion = '3.1.3'
+	}
+	repositories {
+	    mavenLocal()
+		mavenCentral()
+		maven {
+			url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/"
+		}
+	}
+	dependencies {
+		classpath "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:${springBootVersion}"
+        classpath "io.openliberty.tools:liberty-gradle-plugin:$lgpVersion"
+	}
+}
+
+apply plugin: 'java'
+apply plugin: 'org.springframework.boot'
+apply plugin: 'liberty'
+
+group = 'liberty.gradle'
+version = '1.0-SNAPSHOT'
+sourceCompatibility = 17
+
+repositories {
+	mavenCentral()
+}
+dependencies {
+	implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web:${springBootVersion}")
+	testImplementation('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test')
+	libertyRuntime group: 'io.openliberty', name: 'openliberty-runtime', version: '23.0.0.10'
+}
+
+liberty {
+	server {
+		serverXmlFile = file("src/main/liberty/alternateConfig/server_springboot.xml")
+	}
+}
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