diff --git a/kafka-ui-api/pom.xml b/kafka-ui-api/pom.xml
index 14c2067886..a43c087b42 100644
--- a/kafka-ui-api/pom.xml
+++ b/kafka-ui-api/pom.xml
@@ -192,10 +192,6 @@
             <version>${antlr4-maven-plugin.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-ldap</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-security-ldap</artifactId>
diff --git a/kafka-ui-api/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/KafkaUiApplication.java b/kafka-ui-api/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/KafkaUiApplication.java
index ded03514fe..a9a523eb85 100644
--- a/kafka-ui-api/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/KafkaUiApplication.java
+++ b/kafka-ui-api/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/KafkaUiApplication.java
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@ package com.provectus.kafka.ui;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.ldap.LdapAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.EnableAsync;
 import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.EnableScheduling;
 
-@SpringBootApplication
+@SpringBootApplication(exclude = LdapAutoConfiguration.class)
 @EnableScheduling
 @EnableAsync
 public class KafkaUiApplication {
diff --git a/kafka-ui-api/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/config/auth/LdapSecurityConfig.java b/kafka-ui-api/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/config/auth/LdapSecurityConfig.java
index 62fdde4bf0..0ba5c231f4 100644
--- a/kafka-ui-api/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/config/auth/LdapSecurityConfig.java
+++ b/kafka-ui-api/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/config/auth/LdapSecurityConfig.java
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ import java.util.List;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.ldap.LdapAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
 import org.springframework.ldap.core.support.BaseLdapPathContextSource;
 import org.springframework.ldap.core.support.LdapContextSource;
 import org.springframework.security.authentication.AuthenticationManager;
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@ import org.springframework.security.web.server.SecurityWebFilterChain;
 @Configuration
 @EnableWebFluxSecurity
 @ConditionalOnProperty(value = "auth.type", havingValue = "LDAP")
+@Import(LdapAutoConfiguration.class)
 @Slf4j
 public class LdapSecurityConfig extends AbstractAuthSecurityConfig {
 
diff --git a/kafka-ui-api/src/main/resources/application.yml b/kafka-ui-api/src/main/resources/application.yml
index a6a4c8e971..da070a19a8 100644
--- a/kafka-ui-api/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/kafka-ui-api/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ management:
     web:
       exposure:
         include: "info,health"
-  health:
-    ldap:
-      enabled: false
 
 logging:
   level: