diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-session-redis/src/main/resources/application.properties b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-session-redis/src/main/resources/application.properties
index b67b2f65071..ae5188a80a9 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-session-redis/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-session-redis/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-server.session.timeout=5
\ No newline at end of file
+spring.session.store-type=redis
+server.session.timeout=5