diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/features/testing.adoc b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/features/testing.adoc
index d440e4cc5aa..4c473a929e4 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/features/testing.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-docs/src/docs/asciidoc/features/testing.adoc
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ The `spring-boot-starter-test` "`Starter`" (in the `test` `scope`) contains the
 * https://site.mockito.org/[Mockito]: A Java mocking framework.
 * https://github.com/skyscreamer/JSONassert[JSONassert]: An assertion library for JSON.
 * https://github.com/jayway/JsonPath[JsonPath]: XPath for JSON.
+* https://https://github.com/awaitility/awaitility[Awaitility]: A library for testing asynchronous systems.
 
 We generally find these common libraries to be useful when writing tests.
 If these libraries do not suit your needs, you can add additional test dependencies of your own.
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-test/build.gradle b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-test/build.gradle
index f5a2cc09138..e98d7128176 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-test/build.gradle
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-test/build.gradle
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ dependencies {
 	api("jakarta.xml.bind:jakarta.xml.bind-api")
 	api("net.minidev:json-smart")
 	api("org.assertj:assertj-core")
+	api("org.awaitility:awaitility")
 	api("org.hamcrest:hamcrest")
 	api("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter")
 	api("org.mockito:mockito-core")