diff --git a/grails-plugin-codecs/src/main/groovy/org/grails/plugins/codecs/CodecsConfiguration.java b/grails-plugin-codecs/src/main/groovy/org/grails/plugins/codecs/CodecsPluginConfiguration.java
similarity index 60%
rename from grails-plugin-codecs/src/main/groovy/org/grails/plugins/codecs/CodecsConfiguration.java
rename to grails-plugin-codecs/src/main/groovy/org/grails/plugins/codecs/CodecsPluginConfiguration.java
index 1039bbcf0c..24edcb062a 100644
--- a/grails-plugin-codecs/src/main/groovy/org/grails/plugins/codecs/CodecsConfiguration.java
+++ b/grails-plugin-codecs/src/main/groovy/org/grails/plugins/codecs/CodecsPluginConfiguration.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2004-2019 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2004-2022 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -13,29 +13,31 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-
 package org.grails.plugins.codecs;
 
 import grails.core.GrailsApplication;
-import io.micronaut.context.annotation.Factory;
 import org.grails.encoder.CodecLookup;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.ObjectProvider;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnMissingBean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Primary;
 
 /**
  * Beans for Codecs
  *
  * @author graemerocher
+ * @author Michael Yan
  * @since 4.0
  */
-@Factory
-public class CodecsConfiguration {
+@Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
+public class CodecsPluginConfiguration {
 
-    @Bean("codecLookup")
+    @Bean
     @Primary
-    public CodecLookup codecLookup(GrailsApplication grailsApplication) throws Exception {
-        final DefaultCodecLookup defaultCodecLookup = new DefaultCodecLookup(grailsApplication);
-        defaultCodecLookup.reInitialize();
+    @ConditionalOnMissingBean
+    public CodecLookup codecLookup(ObjectProvider<GrailsApplication> grailsApplication) {
+        DefaultCodecLookup defaultCodecLookup = new DefaultCodecLookup(grailsApplication.getIfUnique());
         return defaultCodecLookup;
     }
 }
diff --git a/grails-plugin-codecs/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories b/grails-plugin-codecs/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d33e73ad4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/grails-plugin-codecs/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.factories
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Auto Configure
+org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration=\
+org.grails.plugins.codecs.CodecsPluginConfiguration
\ No newline at end of file