diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/gson/GsonAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/gson/GsonAutoConfiguration.java
index d61e9a270e7..d8efe7a2b81 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/gson/GsonAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/gson/GsonAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
-import com.google.gson.Strictness;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration;
@@ -93,7 +92,7 @@ public class GsonAutoConfiguration {
 			map.from(properties::getLongSerializationPolicy).to(builder::setLongSerializationPolicy);
 			map.from(properties::getFieldNamingPolicy).to(builder::setFieldNamingPolicy);
 			map.from(properties::getPrettyPrinting).whenTrue().toCall(builder::setPrettyPrinting);
-			map.from(properties::getLenient).whenTrue().toCall(() -> builder.setStrictness(Strictness.LENIENT));
+			map.from(properties::getStrictness).to(builder::setStrictness);
 			map.from(properties::getDisableHtmlEscaping).whenTrue().toCall(builder::disableHtmlEscaping);
 			map.from(properties::getDateFormat).to(builder::setDateFormat);
 		}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/gson/GsonProperties.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/gson/GsonProperties.java
index 14e94455388..bc32bd80a95 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/gson/GsonProperties.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/gson/GsonProperties.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2022 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ package org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.gson;
 import com.google.gson.FieldNamingPolicy;
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import com.google.gson.LongSerializationPolicy;
+import com.google.gson.Strictness;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
+import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.DeprecatedConfigurationProperty;
 
 /**
  * Configuration properties to configure {@link Gson}.
@@ -75,9 +77,10 @@ public class GsonProperties {
 	private Boolean prettyPrinting;
 
 	/**
-	 * Whether to be lenient about parsing JSON that doesn't conform to RFC 4627.
+	 * Sets how strictly the RFC 8259 specification will be enforced when reading and
+	 * writing JSON.
 	 */
-	private Boolean lenient;
+	private Strictness strictness;
 
 	/**
 	 * Whether to disable the escaping of HTML characters such as '<', '>', etc.
@@ -153,12 +156,22 @@ public class GsonProperties {
 		this.prettyPrinting = prettyPrinting;
 	}
 
+	public Strictness getStrictness() {
+		return this.strictness;
+	}
+
+	public void setStrictness(Strictness strictness) {
+		this.strictness = strictness;
+	}
+
+	@Deprecated(since = "3.4.0", forRemoval = true)
+	@DeprecatedConfigurationProperty(replacement = "spring.gson.strictness", since = "3.4.0")
 	public Boolean getLenient() {
-		return this.lenient;
+		return (this.strictness != null) && (this.strictness == Strictness.LENIENT);
 	}
 
 	public void setLenient(Boolean lenient) {
-		this.lenient = lenient;
+		setStrictness((lenient != null && lenient) ? Strictness.LENIENT : Strictness.STRICT);
 	}
 
 	public Boolean getDisableHtmlEscaping() {
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/gson/GsonAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/gson/GsonAutoConfigurationTests.java
index 7481a5b5282..17d2fa3b9af 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/gson/GsonAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/gson/GsonAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ class GsonAutoConfigurationTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
+	@Deprecated(since = "3.4.0", forRemoval = true)
 	void withoutLenient() {
 		this.contextRunner.run((context) -> {
 			Gson gson = context.getBean(Gson.class);
@@ -218,6 +219,7 @@ class GsonAutoConfigurationTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
+	@Deprecated(since = "3.4.0", forRemoval = true)
 	void withLenientTrue() {
 		this.contextRunner.withPropertyValues("spring.gson.lenient:true").run((context) -> {
 			Gson gson = context.getBean(Gson.class);
@@ -226,13 +228,46 @@ class GsonAutoConfigurationTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
+	@Deprecated(since = "3.4.0", forRemoval = true)
 	void withLenientFalse() {
 		this.contextRunner.withPropertyValues("spring.gson.lenient:false").run((context) -> {
+			Gson gson = context.getBean(Gson.class);
+			assertThat(gson).hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("strictness", Strictness.STRICT);
+		});
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void withoutStrictness() {
+		this.contextRunner.run((context) -> {
 			Gson gson = context.getBean(Gson.class);
 			assertThat(gson).hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("strictness", null);
 		});
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void withStrictnessStrict() {
+		this.contextRunner.withPropertyValues("spring.gson.strictness:strict").run((context) -> {
+			Gson gson = context.getBean(Gson.class);
+			assertThat(gson).hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("strictness", Strictness.STRICT);
+		});
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void withStrictnessLegacyStrict() {
+		this.contextRunner.withPropertyValues("spring.gson.strictness:legacy-strict").run((context) -> {
+			Gson gson = context.getBean(Gson.class);
+			assertThat(gson).hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("strictness", Strictness.LEGACY_STRICT);
+		});
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void withStrictnessLenient() {
+		this.contextRunner.withPropertyValues("spring.gson.strictness:lenient").run((context) -> {
+			Gson gson = context.getBean(Gson.class);
+			assertThat(gson).hasFieldOrPropertyWithValue("strictness", Strictness.LENIENT);
+		});
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void withoutDisableHtmlEscaping() {
 		this.contextRunner.run((context) -> {