diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 81665c4..1a3e093 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <properties>
         <kotlin.version>2.3.0</kotlin.version>
         <maven.compiler>17</maven.compiler>
-        <specmatic.version>2.37.2</specmatic.version>
+        <specmatic.version>2.37.4-SNAPSHOT</specmatic.version>
         <spring.boot.version>3.5.9</spring.boot.version>
         <cxf.version>4.1.4</cxf.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/specmatic.yaml b/specmatic.yaml
index 0066da4..2b3425d 100644
--- a/specmatic.yaml
+++ b/specmatic.yaml
@@ -3,9 +3,12 @@ contracts:
   - git:
       url: https://github.com/specmatic/specmatic-order-contracts.git
     provides:
-      - io/specmatic/examples/store/openapi/api_order_v5.yaml
+      - specs:
+          - io/specmatic/examples/store/openapi/api_order_v5.yaml
+        baseUrl: http://localhost:8090
   - consumes:
-      - wsdls/inventory.wsdl
+    - wsdls/inventory.wsdl
+
 report:
   types:
     APICoverage:
@@ -14,3 +17,7 @@ report:
           minThresholdPercentage: 65
           maxMissedEndpointsInSpec: 4
           enforce: true
+test:
+  resiliencyTests:
+    enable: all
+  filter: "PATH!='/internal/metrics'"
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/store/ContractTest.java b/src/test/java/com/store/ContractTest.java
index 3dd0385..fa6ca91 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/store/ContractTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/store/ContractTest.java
@@ -5,34 +5,21 @@
 import io.specmatic.test.SpecmaticContractTest;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
-import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
-import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.TestInstance;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.Optional;
 
 import static io.specmatic.stub.API.createStub;
 
+@SpringBootTest(webEnvironment = SpringBootTest.WebEnvironment.DEFINED_PORT)
+@TestInstance(TestInstance.Lifecycle.PER_CLASS)
 public class ContractTest implements SpecmaticContractTest {
-    private static ConfigurableApplicationContext context;
-    private static final String EXCLUDED_ENDPOINTS = "'/internal/metrics'";
     private static ContractStub stub = null;
-
     @BeforeAll
-    public static void setUp() {
-        System.setProperty("host", "localhost");
-        System.setProperty("port", "8090");
-        System.setProperty("SPECMATIC_GENERATIVE_TESTS", "true");
-        System.setProperty("SPECMATIC_TEST_PARALLELISM", "auto");
-        System.setProperty("filter", String.format("PATH!=%s", EXCLUDED_ENDPOINTS));
-        System.setProperty("INVENTORY_API_URL", "http://localhost:9000/ws");
-        System.out.println("Running contract tests using Specmatic against application at localhost:8080");
-
+    public static void setup() throws Exception {
         DB.INSTANCE.resetDB();
-
         stub = createStub("localhost", 9000);
-
-        context = SpringApplication.run(Application.class);
     }
 
     @AfterAll
@@ -40,7 +27,5 @@ public static void tearDown() throws IOException {
         if(stub != null) {
             stub.close();
         }
-
-        context.close();
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/store/ContractTestUsingCLITest.java b/src/test/java/com/store/ContractTestUsingCLITest.java
index 22695ce..3d654d1 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/store/ContractTestUsingCLITest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/store/ContractTestUsingCLITest.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
+import static java.util.Collections.emptyMap;
 
 @SpringBootTest(webEnvironment = SpringBootTest.WebEnvironment.DEFINED_PORT)
 @EnabledIf(value = "isNonCIOrLinux", disabledReason = "Run only on Linux in CI; all platforms allowed locally")
@@ -48,14 +49,12 @@ public static void teardown() throws Exception {
     }
 
     private static SpecmaticExecutor createStub() {
-        List<String> args = asList("virtualize", "--port=" + HTTP_STUB_PORT);
-        Map<String, String> env = Map.of("SOME_ENV", "value");
-        return new SpecmaticExecutor(args, env);
+        List<String> args = asList("virtualize");
+        return new SpecmaticExecutor(args, emptyMap());
     }
 
     private static SpecmaticExecutor createTest() {
-        List<String> args = asList("test", "--host=" + APPLICATION_HOST, "--port=" + APPLICATION_PORT, "--filter=PATH!=" + EXCLUDED_ENDPOINTS);
-        Map<String, String> env = Map.of("SPECMATIC_GENERATIVE_TESTS", "true", "SPECMATIC_TEST_PARALLELISM", "auto");
-        return new SpecmaticExecutor(args, env);
+        List<String> args = asList("test");
+        return new SpecmaticExecutor(args, emptyMap());
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/store/ContractTestUsingTestContainerTest.java b/src/test/java/com/store/ContractTestUsingTestContainerTest.java
index 66154aa..d390afc 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/store/ContractTestUsingTestContainerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/store/ContractTestUsingTestContainerTest.java
@@ -36,10 +36,8 @@ public static boolean isNonCIOrLinux() {
 
         System.out.println("Using docker host address: " + dockerHostAddress);
         testContainer = new GenericContainer<>("specmatic/specmatic:latest")
-                .withCommand("test", "--host=" + APPLICATION_HOST, "--port=" + APPLICATION_PORT, "--filter=PATH!=" + EXCLUDED_ENDPOINTS)
+                .withCommand("test")
 //                .withImagePullPolicy(PullPolicy.alwaysPull())
-                .withEnv("SPECMATIC_GENERATIVE_TESTS", "true")
-                .withEnv("SPECMATIC_TEST_PARALLELISM", "auto")
                 .withFileSystemBind("./specmatic.yaml", "/usr/src/app/specmatic.yaml", BindMode.READ_ONLY)
                 .withFileSystemBind("./build/reports/specmatic", "/usr/src/app/build/reports/specmatic", BindMode.READ_WRITE)
                 // For Docker Desktop on Windows and Mac, "host.docker.internal" is used to refer to the host machine.
@@ -53,8 +51,7 @@ public static boolean isNonCIOrLinux() {
         stubContainer = new GenericContainer<>("specmatic/specmatic")
 //                .withImagePullPolicy(PullPolicy.alwaysPull())
                 .withCommand(
-                        "virtualize",
-                        "--port=" + HTTP_STUB_PORT
+                        "virtualize"
                 )
                 .withCreateContainerCmdModifier(cmd -> {
                     if (cmd.getHostConfig() != null) {