diff --git a/module/spring-boot-security-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/security/test/autoconfigure/webmvc/SecurityMockMvcAutoConfiguration.java b/module/spring-boot-security-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/security/test/autoconfigure/webmvc/SecurityMockMvcAutoConfiguration.java
index 709bb6fa2c3..32c9b6b1387 100644
--- a/module/spring-boot-security-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/security/test/autoconfigure/webmvc/SecurityMockMvcAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/module/spring-boot-security-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/security/test/autoconfigure/webmvc/SecurityMockMvcAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import org.openqa.selenium.htmlunit.HtmlUnitDriver;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnBean;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnClass;
+import org.springframework.boot.security.autoconfigure.web.servlet.ServletWebSecurityAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.webmvc.test.autoconfigure.MockMvcBuilderCustomizer;
 import org.springframework.boot.webmvc.test.autoconfigure.MockMvcHtmlUnitDriverCustomizer;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.context.WebApplicationContext;
  * @author Andy Wilkinson
  * @since 4.0.0
  */
-@AutoConfiguration
+@AutoConfiguration(after = ServletWebSecurityAutoConfiguration.class)
 @ConditionalOnClass(MockMvc.class)
 public final class SecurityMockMvcAutoConfiguration {
 
diff --git a/module/spring-boot-security-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/security/test/autoconfigure/webmvc/MockMvcSecurityIntegrationTests.java b/module/spring-boot-security-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/security/test/autoconfigure/webmvc/MockMvcSecurityIntegrationTests.java
index 5fec9408c76..9a7fc007a5b 100644
--- a/module/spring-boot-security-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/security/test/autoconfigure/webmvc/MockMvcSecurityIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/module/spring-boot-security-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/security/test/autoconfigure/webmvc/MockMvcSecurityIntegrationTests.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.springframework.boot.security.test.autoconfigure.webmvc;
 
 import java.util.Base64;
 
+import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.security.test.context.support.WithMockUser;
+import org.springframework.security.web.servlet.util.matcher.PathPatternRequestMatcher;
 import org.springframework.test.context.TestPropertySource;
 import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.assertj.MockMvcTester;
 
@@ -43,6 +45,9 @@ class MockMvcSecurityIntegrationTests {
 	@Autowired
 	private MockMvcTester mvc;
 
+	@Autowired
+	private PathPatternRequestMatcher.@Nullable Builder pathPatternRequestMatcherBuilder;
+
 	@Test
 	@WithMockUser(username = "test", password = "test", roles = "USER")
 	void okResponseWithMockUser() {
@@ -62,4 +67,9 @@ class MockMvcSecurityIntegrationTests {
 			.hasStatusOk();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void pathPatternRequestMatcherBuilderIsAvailable() {
+		assertThat(this.pathPatternRequestMatcherBuilder).isNotNull();
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/module/spring-boot-security/build.gradle b/module/spring-boot-security/build.gradle
index f3eef8ea20c..76fe8512afc 100644
--- a/module/spring-boot-security/build.gradle
+++ b/module/spring-boot-security/build.gradle
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ dependencies {
 	optional(project(":module:spring-boot-rsocket"))
 	optional(project(":module:spring-boot-webflux"))
 	optional(project(":module:spring-boot-webmvc"))
+	optional(project(":module:spring-boot-webmvc-test"))
 	optional(project(":module:spring-boot-web-server"))
 	optional("jakarta.servlet:jakarta.servlet-api")
 	optional("org.springframework:spring-messaging")
diff --git a/module/spring-boot-security/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/security/autoconfigure/web/servlet/ServletWebSecurityAutoConfiguration.java b/module/spring-boot-security/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/security/autoconfigure/web/servlet/ServletWebSecurityAutoConfiguration.java
index a8ab62ce00a..b04fd53e0f5 100644
--- a/module/spring-boot-security/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/security/autoconfigure/web/servlet/ServletWebSecurityAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/module/spring-boot-security/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/security/autoconfigure/web/servlet/ServletWebSecurityAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ import static org.springframework.security.config.Customizer.withDefaults;
  * @since 4.0.0
  */
 @AutoConfiguration(after = UserDetailsServiceAutoConfiguration.class,
-		afterName = "org.springframework.boot.webmvc.autoconfigure.WebMvcAutoConfiguration")
+		afterName = { "org.springframework.boot.webmvc.autoconfigure.WebMvcAutoConfiguration",
+				"org.springframework.boot.webmvc.test.autoconfigure.MockMvcAutoConfiguration" })
 @ConditionalOnClass(EnableWebSecurity.class)
 @ConditionalOnWebApplication(type = Type.SERVLET)
 public final class ServletWebSecurityAutoConfiguration {