diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/web/socket/MockServerContainerContextCustomizerFactory.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/web/socket/MockServerContainerContextCustomizerFactory.java
index 25462ef97b..667b789f8b 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/web/socket/MockServerContainerContextCustomizerFactory.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/context/web/socket/MockServerContainerContextCustomizerFactory.java
@@ -18,26 +18,25 @@ package org.springframework.test.context.web.socket;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
-import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotatedElementUtils;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfigurationAttributes;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ContextCustomizer;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ContextCustomizerFactory;
+import org.springframework.test.context.TestContextAnnotationUtils;
+import org.springframework.test.context.web.WebAppConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 
 /**
  * {@link ContextCustomizerFactory} which creates a {@link MockServerContainerContextCustomizer}
- * if WebSocket support is present in the classpath and the test class is annotated
- * with {@code @WebAppConfiguration}.
+ * if WebSocket support is present in the classpath and the test class or one of
+ * its enclosing classes is annotated or meta-annotated with
+ * {@link WebAppConfiguration @WebAppConfiguration}.
  *
  * @author Sam Brannen
  * @since 4.3.1
  */
 class MockServerContainerContextCustomizerFactory implements ContextCustomizerFactory {
 
-	private static final String WEB_APP_CONFIGURATION_ANNOTATION_CLASS_NAME =
-			"org.springframework.test.context.web.WebAppConfiguration";
-
 	private static final boolean webSocketPresent = ClassUtils.isPresent("jakarta.websocket.server.ServerContainer",
 			MockServerContainerContextCustomizerFactory.class.getClassLoader());
 
@@ -55,8 +54,7 @@ class MockServerContainerContextCustomizerFactory implements ContextCustomizerFa
 	}
 
 	private static boolean isAnnotatedWithWebAppConfiguration(Class<?> testClass) {
-		return (AnnotatedElementUtils.findMergedAnnotationAttributes(testClass,
-				WEB_APP_CONFIGURATION_ANNOTATION_CLASS_NAME, false, false) != null);
+		return TestContextAnnotationUtils.hasAnnotation(testClass, WebAppConfiguration.class);
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/context/web/socket/WebSocketServletServerContainerFactoryBeanTests.java b/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/context/web/socket/WebSocketServletServerContainerFactoryBeanTests.java
index b508f44d64..48126edb8e 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/context/web/socket/WebSocketServletServerContainerFactoryBeanTests.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/context/web/socket/WebSocketServletServerContainerFactoryBeanTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2019 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2022 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.
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.test.context.web.socket;
 
 import jakarta.websocket.server.ServerContainer;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Nested;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
@@ -45,6 +46,20 @@ class WebSocketServletServerContainerFactoryBeanTests {
 		assertThat(serverContainer.getDefaultMaxTextMessageBufferSize()).isEqualTo(42);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * @Nested test class to verify that the MockServerContainerContextCustomizerFactory
+	 * properly supports finding @WebAppConfiguration on an enclosing class.
+	 */
+	@Nested
+	class NestedTests {
+
+		@Test  // gh-29037
+		void servletServerContainerFactoryBeanSupport(@Autowired ServerContainer serverContainer) {
+			assertThat(serverContainer.getDefaultMaxTextMessageBufferSize()).isEqualTo(42);
+		}
+
+	}
+
 
 	@Configuration
 	@EnableWebSocket