diff --git a/spring-cloud-gcp-autoconfigure/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spring/autoconfigure/core/GcpProperties.java b/spring-cloud-gcp-autoconfigure/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spring/autoconfigure/core/GcpProperties.java
index c29a98db59..a95fac5fff 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gcp-autoconfigure/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spring/autoconfigure/core/GcpProperties.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gcp-autoconfigure/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spring/autoconfigure/core/GcpProperties.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 package com.google.cloud.spring.autoconfigure.core;
 
+import static com.google.cloud.spring.autoconfigure.core.GcpProperties.PREFIX;
+
 import com.google.cloud.spring.core.Credentials;
 import com.google.cloud.spring.core.CredentialsSupplier;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
@@ -23,10 +25,13 @@
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.ImportRuntimeHints;
 
 /** Top-level auto-config settings. */
-@ConfigurationProperties("spring.cloud.gcp")
+@ConfigurationProperties(PREFIX)
 @ImportRuntimeHints(CredentialsRuntimeHints.class)
 public class GcpProperties implements CredentialsSupplier {
 
+  /** Configuration prefix. */
+  public static final String PREFIX = "spring.cloud.gcp";
+
   /** GCP project ID where services are running. */
   private String projectId;
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-gcp-autoconfigure/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spring/autoconfigure/secretmanager/SecretManagerConfigDataLocationResolver.java b/spring-cloud-gcp-autoconfigure/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spring/autoconfigure/secretmanager/SecretManagerConfigDataLocationResolver.java
index f75c9a1d1f..f9f97e3ed6 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gcp-autoconfigure/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spring/autoconfigure/secretmanager/SecretManagerConfigDataLocationResolver.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gcp-autoconfigure/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/spring/autoconfigure/secretmanager/SecretManagerConfigDataLocationResolver.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 import com.google.cloud.secretmanager.v1.SecretManagerServiceClient;
 import com.google.cloud.secretmanager.v1.SecretManagerServiceSettings;
+import com.google.cloud.spring.autoconfigure.core.GcpProperties;
 import com.google.cloud.spring.core.DefaultCredentialsProvider;
 import com.google.cloud.spring.core.DefaultGcpProjectIdProvider;
 import com.google.cloud.spring.core.GcpProjectIdProvider;
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@
 import org.apache.arrow.util.VisibleForTesting;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableListableBeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.boot.BootstrapRegistry;
+import org.springframework.boot.ConfigurableBootstrapContext;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.config.ConfigDataLocation;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.config.ConfigDataLocationNotFoundException;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.config.ConfigDataLocationResolver;
@@ -64,6 +66,9 @@ public List<SecretManagerConfigDataResource> resolve(ConfigDataLocationResolverC
   }
 
   private static void registerSecretManagerBeans(ConfigDataLocationResolverContext context) {
+    // Register the Core properties.
+    registerBean(
+        context, GcpProperties.class, getGcpProperties(context));
     // Register the Secret Manager properties.
     registerBean(
         context, GcpSecretManagerProperties.class, getSecretManagerProperties(context));
@@ -74,10 +79,10 @@ private static void registerSecretManagerBeans(ConfigDataLocationResolverContext
         // lazy register the client solely for unit test.
         BootstrapRegistry.InstanceSupplier.from(() -> createSecretManagerClient(context)));
     // Register the GCP Project ID provider.
-    registerAndPromoteBean(
+    registerBean(
         context,
         GcpProjectIdProvider.class,
-        BootstrapRegistry.InstanceSupplier.of(createProjectIdProvider(context)));
+        createProjectIdProvider(context));
     // Register the Secret Manager template.
     registerAndPromoteBean(
         context,
@@ -85,6 +90,11 @@ private static void registerSecretManagerBeans(ConfigDataLocationResolverContext
         BootstrapRegistry.InstanceSupplier.of(createSecretManagerTemplate(context)));
   }
 
+  private static GcpProperties getGcpProperties(
+      ConfigDataLocationResolverContext context) {
+    return context.getBinder().bind(GcpProperties.PREFIX, GcpProperties.class).orElse(new GcpProperties());
+  }
+
   private static GcpSecretManagerProperties getSecretManagerProperties(
       ConfigDataLocationResolverContext context) {
     return context.getBinder()
@@ -94,10 +104,21 @@ private static GcpSecretManagerProperties getSecretManagerProperties(
 
   private static GcpProjectIdProvider createProjectIdProvider(
       ConfigDataLocationResolverContext context) {
-    GcpSecretManagerProperties properties = context.getBootstrapContext()
-        .get(GcpSecretManagerProperties.class);
-    return properties.getProjectId() != null
-        ? properties::getProjectId : new DefaultGcpProjectIdProvider();
+
+    ConfigurableBootstrapContext bootstrapContext = context.getBootstrapContext();
+    
+    GcpSecretManagerProperties secretManagerProperties = bootstrapContext.get(GcpSecretManagerProperties.class);
+    if(secretManagerProperties.getProjectId() != null) {
+        return secretManagerProperties::getProjectId;
+    }
+    
+    GcpProperties gcpProperties = bootstrapContext.get(GcpProperties.class);
+    if(gcpProperties.getProjectId() != null) {
+        return gcpProperties::getProjectId;
+    }
+    
+    return new DefaultGcpProjectIdProvider();
+
   }
 
   @VisibleForTesting