diff --git a/.github/workflows/initializr-build.yml b/.github/workflows/initializr-build.yml
index bd763184..2b7b2522 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/initializr-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/initializr-build.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ jobs:
           distribution: 'temurin'
       - name: Build Initializr
         run: ./gradlew --build-cache --configure-on-demand --no-daemon clean build -x test -x javadoc -x check --parallel
+      - name: Validate Initializr
+        run: ./ci/validate-initializr.sh
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: binary-artifacts
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/apereo/cas/initializr/contrib/TemplatedProjectContributor.java b/app/src/main/java/org/apereo/cas/initializr/contrib/TemplatedProjectContributor.java
index 27c33f2a..a09af102 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/apereo/cas/initializr/contrib/TemplatedProjectContributor.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/apereo/cas/initializr/contrib/TemplatedProjectContributor.java
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ private static void handleApplicationServerType(final ProjectDescription project
         } else if (dependencies.containsKey("webapp-undertow")) {
             appServer = "-undertow";
         }
+        if (dependencies.containsKey("webapp")) {
+            appServer = "";
+        }
+
         defaults.put("appServer", appServer);
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/resources/common/gitignore b/app/src/main/resources/common/gitignore
index 0ea49c30..45840be3 100644
--- a/app/src/main/resources/common/gitignore
+++ b/app/src/main/resources/common/gitignore
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ bin/
 *.iml
 *.log
 tmp/
-.java-version
 ./apache-tomcat
 apache-tomcat.zip
 config-metadata.properties
diff --git a/ci/validate-initializr.sh b/ci/validate-initializr.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..0ae7f6c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/validate-initializr.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+source ./ci/functions.sh
+
+echo "Building CAS Initializr"
+./gradlew --build-cache --configure-on-demand --no-daemon \
+  clean build -x test -x javadoc -x check --parallel -q
+
+echo "Launching CAS Initializr"
+java -jar app/build/libs/app.jar &
+pid=$!
+sleep 20
+
+echo "Checking CAS Initializr metadata"
+curl -H 'Accept: application/json' http://localhost:8080 | jq
+
+echo "Checking CAS Initializr dependencies"
+curl -H 'Accept: application/json' http://localhost:8080/dependencies | jq
+
+echo "Checking CAS Initializr info"
+curl -H 'Accept: application/json' http://localhost:8080/actuator/info | jq
+
+echo "Checking CAS Initializr supported versions"
+curl -H 'Accept: application/json' http://localhost:8080/actuator/supportedVersions | jq
+
+echo "Checking CAS Initializr UI"
+curl http://localhost:8080/ui
+
+echo "\nAll CAS Initializr checks have passed"
+
+kill -9 $pid
+[ "$CI" = "true" ] && pkill java
diff --git a/ic.sh b/ic.sh
index 933a4fb5..791da9cf 100755
--- a/ic.sh
+++ b/ic.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 rm -Rf ./tmp
 
 CAS_VERSION="7.0.0-SNAPSHOT"
-BOOT_VERSION="2.7.4"
+BOOT_VERSION="3.0.0"
 
 #CAS_VERSION="6.3.7.2"
 #BOOT_VERSION="2.3.7.RELEASE"