diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/Bootstrapper.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/Bootstrapper.java
index 4e67042bece..b9f13813fe7 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/Bootstrapper.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/Bootstrapper.java
@@ -31,6 +31,17 @@ public interface Bootstrapper {
 	 * Initialize the given {@link BootstrapRegistry} with any required registrations.
 	 * @param registry the registry to initialize
 	 */
+	default void initialize(BootstrapRegistry registry) {
+		intitialize(registry);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Initialize the given {@link BootstrapRegistry} with any required registrations.
+	 * @param registry the registry to initialize
+	 * @deprecated since 2.4.4 in favor of
+	 * {@link Bootstrapper#initialize(BootstrapRegistry)}
+	 */
+	@Deprecated
 	void intitialize(BootstrapRegistry registry);
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/SpringApplication.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/SpringApplication.java
index 65f33e71f6d..a3edea66555 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/SpringApplication.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/SpringApplication.java
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ public class SpringApplication {
 
 	private DefaultBootstrapContext createBootstrapContext() {
 		DefaultBootstrapContext bootstrapContext = new DefaultBootstrapContext();
-		this.bootstrappers.forEach((initializer) -> initializer.intitialize(bootstrapContext));
+		this.bootstrappers.forEach((initializer) -> initializer.initialize(bootstrapContext));
 		return bootstrapContext;
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/SpringApplicationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/SpringApplicationTests.java
index b70b13a0d40..cb8f6d3eb85 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/SpringApplicationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/SpringApplicationTests.java
@@ -1247,6 +1247,29 @@ class SpringApplicationTests {
 		assertThat(applicationContext.getBean("test")).isEqualTo("boot");
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void whenABootstrapperImplementsOnlyTheOldMethodThenItIsCalled() {
+		SpringApplication application = new SpringApplication(ExampleConfig.class);
+		application.setWebApplicationType(WebApplicationType.NONE);
+		OnlyOldMethodTestBootstrapper bootstrapper = new OnlyOldMethodTestBootstrapper();
+		application.addBootstrapper(bootstrapper);
+		try (ConfigurableApplicationContext applicationContext = application.run()) {
+			assertThat(bootstrapper.intitialized).isTrue();
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	void whenABootstrapperImplementsTheOldMethodAndTheNewMethodThenOnlyTheNewMethodIsCalled() {
+		SpringApplication application = new SpringApplication(ExampleConfig.class);
+		application.setWebApplicationType(WebApplicationType.NONE);
+		BothMethodsTestBootstrapper bootstrapper = new BothMethodsTestBootstrapper();
+		application.addBootstrapper(bootstrapper);
+		try (ConfigurableApplicationContext applicationContext = application.run()) {
+			assertThat(bootstrapper.intitialized).isFalse();
+			assertThat(bootstrapper.initialized).isTrue();
+		}
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void settingEnvironmentPrefixViaPropertiesThrowsException() {
 		assertThatIllegalStateException()
@@ -1735,4 +1758,35 @@ class SpringApplicationTests {
 
 	}
 
+	static class OnlyOldMethodTestBootstrapper implements Bootstrapper {
+
+		private boolean intitialized;
+
+		@Override
+		@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
+		public void intitialize(BootstrapRegistry registry) {
+			this.intitialized = true;
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	static class BothMethodsTestBootstrapper implements Bootstrapper {
+
+		private boolean intitialized;
+
+		private boolean initialized;
+
+		@Override
+		@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
+		public void intitialize(BootstrapRegistry registry) {
+			this.intitialized = true;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public void initialize(BootstrapRegistry registry) {
+			this.initialized = true;
+		}
+
+	}
+
 }