diff --git a/src/apps/geoserver/restconfig/src/test/java/org/geoserver/cloud/restconfig/RestConfigApplicationTest.java b/src/apps/geoserver/restconfig/src/test/java/org/geoserver/cloud/restconfig/RestConfigApplicationTest.java
index de1114d9d..914a11126 100644
--- a/src/apps/geoserver/restconfig/src/test/java/org/geoserver/cloud/restconfig/RestConfigApplicationTest.java
+++ b/src/apps/geoserver/restconfig/src/test/java/org/geoserver/cloud/restconfig/RestConfigApplicationTest.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ static void setUpDataDir(DynamicPropertyRegistry registry) throws IOException {
     }
 
     @BeforeEach
-    void before() throws Exception {
+    void before() {
         restTemplate = restTemplate.withBasicAuth("admin", "geoserver");
     }
 
diff --git a/src/apps/geoserver/wcs/src/test/java/org/geoserver/cloud/wcs/WcsApplicationTest.java b/src/apps/geoserver/wcs/src/test/java/org/geoserver/cloud/wcs/WcsApplicationTest.java
index 80fbfc9a8..bac39ceae 100644
--- a/src/apps/geoserver/wcs/src/test/java/org/geoserver/cloud/wcs/WcsApplicationTest.java
+++ b/src/apps/geoserver/wcs/src/test/java/org/geoserver/cloud/wcs/WcsApplicationTest.java
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ class WcsApplicationTest {
     static @TempDir Path datadir;
 
     @DynamicPropertySource
-    static void setUpDataDir(DynamicPropertyRegistry registry) throws IOException {
+    static void setUpDataDir(DynamicPropertyRegistry registry) {
         registry.add("geoserver.backend.data-directory.location", datadir::toAbsolutePath);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/apps/geoserver/wfs/src/test/java/org/geoserver/cloud/wfs/app/WfsApplicationDataDirectoryIT.java b/src/apps/geoserver/wfs/src/test/java/org/geoserver/cloud/wfs/app/WfsApplicationDataDirectoryIT.java
index b4752081c..c2b64cf75 100644
--- a/src/apps/geoserver/wfs/src/test/java/org/geoserver/cloud/wfs/app/WfsApplicationDataDirectoryIT.java
+++ b/src/apps/geoserver/wfs/src/test/java/org/geoserver/cloud/wfs/app/WfsApplicationDataDirectoryIT.java
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
  */
 package org.geoserver.cloud.wfs.app;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ class WfsApplicationDataDirectoryIT extends WfsApplicationTest {
     static @TempDir Path datadir;
 
     @DynamicPropertySource
-    static void setUpDataDir(DynamicPropertyRegistry registry) throws IOException {
+    static void setUpDataDir(DynamicPropertyRegistry registry) {
         registry.add("geoserver.backend.data-directory.location", datadir::toAbsolutePath);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/apps/geoserver/wms/src/test/java/org/geoserver/cloud/wms/app/WmsApplicationDataDirectoryTest.java b/src/apps/geoserver/wms/src/test/java/org/geoserver/cloud/wms/app/WmsApplicationDataDirectoryTest.java
index 7585cf93d..f7960ead4 100644
--- a/src/apps/geoserver/wms/src/test/java/org/geoserver/cloud/wms/app/WmsApplicationDataDirectoryTest.java
+++ b/src/apps/geoserver/wms/src/test/java/org/geoserver/cloud/wms/app/WmsApplicationDataDirectoryTest.java
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
  */
 package org.geoserver.cloud.wms.app;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.Map;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ class WmsApplicationDataDirectoryTest extends WmsApplicationTest {
     static @TempDir Path datadir;
 
     @DynamicPropertySource
-    static void setUpDataDir(DynamicPropertyRegistry registry) throws IOException {
+    static void setUpDataDir(DynamicPropertyRegistry registry) {
         var gwcdir = datadir.resolve("gwc");
         registry.add("geoserver.backend.data-directory.location", datadir::toAbsolutePath);
         registry.add("gwc.cache-directory", gwcdir::toAbsolutePath);
diff --git a/src/apps/geoserver/wps/src/test/java/org/geoserver/cloud/wps/WpsApplicationTest.java b/src/apps/geoserver/wps/src/test/java/org/geoserver/cloud/wps/WpsApplicationTest.java
index 8a145b2fb..e85429570 100644
--- a/src/apps/geoserver/wps/src/test/java/org/geoserver/cloud/wps/WpsApplicationTest.java
+++ b/src/apps/geoserver/wps/src/test/java/org/geoserver/cloud/wps/WpsApplicationTest.java
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
  */
 package org.geoserver.cloud.wps;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.Map;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ class WpsApplicationTest {
     static @TempDir Path datadir;
 
     @DynamicPropertySource
-    static void setUpDataDir(DynamicPropertyRegistry registry) throws IOException {
+    static void setUpDataDir(DynamicPropertyRegistry registry) {
         var gwcdir = datadir.resolve("gwc");
         registry.add("geoserver.backend.data-directory.location", datadir::toAbsolutePath);
         registry.add("gwc.cache-directory", gwcdir::toAbsolutePath);
diff --git a/src/catalog/backends/datadir/src/test/java/org/geoserver/cloud/autoconfigure/catalog/backend/datadir/DataDirectoryUpdateSequenceTest.java b/src/catalog/backends/datadir/src/test/java/org/geoserver/cloud/autoconfigure/catalog/backend/datadir/DataDirectoryUpdateSequenceTest.java
index 6b367a94e..f21b0744b 100644
--- a/src/catalog/backends/datadir/src/test/java/org/geoserver/cloud/autoconfigure/catalog/backend/datadir/DataDirectoryUpdateSequenceTest.java
+++ b/src/catalog/backends/datadir/src/test/java/org/geoserver/cloud/autoconfigure/catalog/backend/datadir/DataDirectoryUpdateSequenceTest.java
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
  */
 package org.geoserver.cloud.autoconfigure.catalog.backend.datadir;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import org.geoserver.cloud.config.catalog.backend.datadirectory.DataDirectoryBackendConfiguration;
 import org.geoserver.cloud.config.catalog.backend.datadirectory.DataDirectoryUpdateSequence;
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ class DataDirectoryUpdateSequenceTest implements UpdateSequenceConformanceTest {
     static @TempDir Path datadir;
 
     @DynamicPropertySource
-    static void setUpDataDir(DynamicPropertyRegistry registry) throws IOException {
+    static void setUpDataDir(DynamicPropertyRegistry registry) {
         registry.add("geoserver.backend.data-directory.location", datadir::toAbsolutePath);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/gwc/services/src/main/java/org/geoserver/cloud/gwc/config/services/RESTConfigConfiguration.java b/src/gwc/services/src/main/java/org/geoserver/cloud/gwc/config/services/RESTConfigConfiguration.java
index adc9b4372..48c562fc7 100644
--- a/src/gwc/services/src/main/java/org/geoserver/cloud/gwc/config/services/RESTConfigConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/gwc/services/src/main/java/org/geoserver/cloud/gwc/config/services/RESTConfigConfiguration.java
@@ -55,12 +55,18 @@
 @ConditionalOnClass(GWCConverter.class)
 @ComponentScan(
         basePackages = "org.geowebcache.rest",
+        // exclude org.geowebcache.controller.SeedController from component scan, provide an alternative that works with
+        // spring cloud below
         excludeFilters = @ComponentScan.Filter(type = FilterType.ASSIGNABLE_TYPE, classes = SeedController.class))
 public class RESTConfigConfiguration {
 
+    /**
+     * Replacement for {@link SeedController#doPost(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest, java.io.InputStream, String, java.util.Map)}
+     * working wit spring-boot's stricter path pattern matching
+     */
     @Bean
-    org.geoserver.cloud.gwc.config.services.SeedController seedController() {
-        return new org.geoserver.cloud.gwc.config.services.SeedController();
+    org.geoserver.cloud.gwc.config.services.SeedControllerOverride seedController() {
+        return new org.geoserver.cloud.gwc.config.services.SeedControllerOverride();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/gwc/services/src/main/java/org/geoserver/cloud/gwc/config/services/SeedController.java b/src/gwc/services/src/main/java/org/geoserver/cloud/gwc/config/services/SeedControllerOverride.java
similarity index 94%
rename from src/gwc/services/src/main/java/org/geoserver/cloud/gwc/config/services/SeedController.java
rename to src/gwc/services/src/main/java/org/geoserver/cloud/gwc/config/services/SeedControllerOverride.java
index 4a08217ec..fd493074f 100644
--- a/src/gwc/services/src/main/java/org/geoserver/cloud/gwc/config/services/SeedController.java
+++ b/src/gwc/services/src/main/java/org/geoserver/cloud/gwc/config/services/SeedControllerOverride.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 @Component
 @RestController
 @RequestMapping(path = "${gwc.context.suffix:}/rest")
-public class SeedController extends org.geowebcache.rest.controller.SeedController {
+public class SeedControllerOverride extends org.geowebcache.rest.controller.SeedController {
 
     /**
      *
diff --git a/src/starters/observability/src/main/java/org/geoserver/cloud/logging/accesslog/AccessLogFilterConfig.java b/src/starters/observability/src/main/java/org/geoserver/cloud/logging/accesslog/AccessLogFilterConfig.java
index acb10a6d7..774532c45 100644
--- a/src/starters/observability/src/main/java/org/geoserver/cloud/logging/accesslog/AccessLogFilterConfig.java
+++ b/src/starters/observability/src/main/java/org/geoserver/cloud/logging/accesslog/AccessLogFilterConfig.java
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ Level getLogLevel(String uri) {
     }
 
     private boolean matches(String url, List<Pattern> patterns) {
-        return (patterns == null || patterns.isEmpty())
-                ? false
-                : patterns.stream().anyMatch(pattern -> pattern.matcher(url).matches());
+        return patterns != null
+                && !patterns.isEmpty()
+                && patterns.stream().anyMatch(pattern -> pattern.matcher(url).matches());
     }
 }