diff --git a/adapters/oidc/spring-boot/pom.xml b/adapters/oidc/spring-boot/pom.xml
index 3ff64a7e6f..901a5fa4c5 100755
--- a/adapters/oidc/spring-boot/pom.xml
+++ b/adapters/oidc/spring-boot/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   <description/>
 
   <properties>
-    <spring-boot.version>1.3.0.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
+    <spring-boot.version>1.4.0.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
     <spring.version>4.1.6.RELEASE</spring.version>
     <mockito.version>1.9.5</mockito.version>
   </properties>
diff --git a/adapters/oidc/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/keycloak/adapters/springboot/client/KeycloakRestTemplateCustomizer.java b/adapters/oidc/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/keycloak/adapters/springboot/client/KeycloakRestTemplateCustomizer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ae4836c713
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adapters/oidc/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/keycloak/adapters/springboot/client/KeycloakRestTemplateCustomizer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package org.keycloak.adapters.springboot.client;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.web.client.RestTemplateCustomizer;
+import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
+
+public class KeycloakRestTemplateCustomizer implements RestTemplateCustomizer {
+
+    private final KeycloakSecurityContextClientRequestInterceptor keycloakInterceptor;
+
+    public KeycloakRestTemplateCustomizer() {
+        this(new KeycloakSecurityContextClientRequestInterceptor());
+    }
+
+    protected KeycloakRestTemplateCustomizer(
+            KeycloakSecurityContextClientRequestInterceptor keycloakInterceptor
+    ) {
+        this.keycloakInterceptor = keycloakInterceptor;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void customize(RestTemplate restTemplate) {
+        restTemplate.getInterceptors().add(keycloakInterceptor);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/adapters/oidc/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/keycloak/adapters/springboot/client/EmbeddedServletClientRequestFactory.java b/adapters/oidc/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/keycloak/adapters/springboot/client/KeycloakSecurityContextClientRequestInterceptor.java
similarity index 63%
rename from adapters/oidc/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/keycloak/adapters/springboot/client/EmbeddedServletClientRequestFactory.java
rename to adapters/oidc/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/keycloak/adapters/springboot/client/KeycloakSecurityContextClientRequestInterceptor.java
index 046d71c8c1..200a9035f1 100644
--- a/adapters/oidc/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/keycloak/adapters/springboot/client/EmbeddedServletClientRequestFactory.java
+++ b/adapters/oidc/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/keycloak/adapters/springboot/client/KeycloakSecurityContextClientRequestInterceptor.java
@@ -2,25 +2,26 @@ package org.keycloak.adapters.springboot.client;
 
 import org.keycloak.KeycloakPrincipal;
 import org.keycloak.KeycloakSecurityContext;
-import org.keycloak.adapters.springsecurity.client.KeycloakClientRequestFactory;
-import org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpRequest;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpRequest;
+import org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpRequestExecution;
+import org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpRequestInterceptor;
+import org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpResponse;
 import org.springframework.web.context.request.RequestContextHolder;
 import org.springframework.web.context.request.ServletRequestAttributes;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.security.Principal;
 
 /**
- * Factory for {@link ClientHttpRequest} objects created for server to server secured
+ * Interceptor for {@link ClientHttpRequestExecution} objects created for server to server secured
  * communication using OAuth2 bearer tokens issued by Keycloak.
  *
  * @author <a href="mailto:jmcshan1@gmail.com">James McShane</a>
  * @version $Revision: 1 $
  */
-public class EmbeddedServletClientRequestFactory extends KeycloakClientRequestFactory {
+public class KeycloakSecurityContextClientRequestInterceptor implements ClientHttpRequestInterceptor {
 
-    public EmbeddedServletClientRequestFactory() {
-        super();
-    }
+    private static final String AUTHORIZATION_HEADER = "Authorization";
 
     /**
      * Returns the {@link KeycloakSecurityContext} from the Spring {@link ServletRequestAttributes}'s {@link Principal}.
@@ -44,4 +45,11 @@ public class EmbeddedServletClientRequestFactory extends KeycloakClientRequestFa
         }
         return ((KeycloakPrincipal) principal).getKeycloakSecurityContext();
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public ClientHttpResponse intercept(HttpRequest httpRequest, byte[] bytes, ClientHttpRequestExecution clientHttpRequestExecution) throws IOException {
+        KeycloakSecurityContext context = this.getKeycloakSecurityContext();
+        httpRequest.getHeaders().set(AUTHORIZATION_HEADER, "Bearer " + context.getTokenString());
+        return clientHttpRequestExecution.execute(httpRequest, bytes);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/adapters/oidc/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/keycloak/adapters/springboot/client/KeycloakRestTemplateCustomizerTest.java b/adapters/oidc/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/keycloak/adapters/springboot/client/KeycloakRestTemplateCustomizerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e8e599e40d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adapters/oidc/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/keycloak/adapters/springboot/client/KeycloakRestTemplateCustomizerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package org.keycloak.adapters.springboot.client;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+
+public class KeycloakRestTemplateCustomizerTest {
+
+    private KeycloakRestTemplateCustomizer customizer;
+    private KeycloakSecurityContextClientRequestInterceptor interceptor =
+            mock(KeycloakSecurityContextClientRequestInterceptor.class);
+
+    @Before
+    public void setup() {
+        customizer = new KeycloakRestTemplateCustomizer(interceptor);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void interceptorIsAddedToRequest() {
+        RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplate();
+        customizer.customize(restTemplate);
+        assertTrue(restTemplate.getInterceptors().contains(interceptor));
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/adapters/oidc/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/keycloak/adapters/springboot/client/EmbeddedServletClientRequestFactoryTest.java b/adapters/oidc/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/keycloak/adapters/springboot/client/KeycloakSecurityContextClientRequestInterceptorTest.java
similarity index 95%
rename from adapters/oidc/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/keycloak/adapters/springboot/client/EmbeddedServletClientRequestFactoryTest.java
rename to adapters/oidc/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/keycloak/adapters/springboot/client/KeycloakSecurityContextClientRequestInterceptorTest.java
index 1e1bd174f7..689cc65274 100644
--- a/adapters/oidc/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/keycloak/adapters/springboot/client/EmbeddedServletClientRequestFactoryTest.java
+++ b/adapters/oidc/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/keycloak/adapters/springboot/client/KeycloakSecurityContextClientRequestInterceptorTest.java
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 /**
  * Keycloak spring boot client request factory tests.
  */
-public class EmbeddedServletClientRequestFactoryTest {
+public class KeycloakSecurityContextClientRequestInterceptorTest {
 
     @Spy
-    private EmbeddedServletClientRequestFactory factory;
+    private KeycloakSecurityContextClientRequestInterceptor factory;
 
     private MockHttpServletRequest servletRequest;