diff --git a/backend/src/test/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/config/ForwardHeadersConfigurationTest.java b/backend/src/test/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/config/ForwardHeadersConfigurationTest.java
index b97f5ff0..755dad83 100644
--- a/backend/src/test/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/config/ForwardHeadersConfigurationTest.java
+++ b/backend/src/test/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/config/ForwardHeadersConfigurationTest.java
@@ -1,37 +1,48 @@
 package org.raddatz.familienarchiv.config;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-import org.raddatz.familienarchiv.PostgresContainerConfig;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
-import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
-import org.springframework.test.context.ActiveProfiles;
-import org.springframework.test.context.bean.override.mockito.MockitoBean;
-import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.S3Client;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.YamlPropertiesFactoryBean;
+import org.springframework.boot.web.server.autoconfigure.ServerProperties.ForwardHeadersStrategy;
+import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.bind.Binder;
+import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.source.ConfigurationPropertySources;
+import org.springframework.core.env.PropertiesPropertySource;
+import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
+
+import java.util.Properties;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
-@SpringBootTest(webEnvironment = SpringBootTest.WebEnvironment.NONE)
-@ActiveProfiles("test")
-@Import(PostgresContainerConfig.class)
+/**
+ * Binds {@code server.forward-headers-strategy} from {@code application.yaml} into
+ * Spring Boot's typed {@link ForwardHeadersStrategy} enum. The binder rejects any
+ * value that is not a valid enum constant ({@code BindException}), so a typo
+ * ({@code "nativ"}, {@code "Native"}, {@code "framework "}) or a future Spring
+ * rename of the property fails the test, not silently degrades to {@code NONE}.
+ *
+ * <p>No Spring context, no embedded server, no Testcontainers — this is the
+ * cheapest test that pins the contract "Caddy's X-Forwarded-Proto is trusted".
+ */
 class ForwardHeadersConfigurationTest {
 
-    @MockitoBean
-    S3Client s3Client;
-
-    @Autowired
-    @Value("${server.forward-headers-strategy:}")
-    String forwardHeadersStrategy;
-
     @Test
-    void forward_headers_strategy_is_native_for_reverse_proxy_deployment() {
-        // Caddy terminates TLS and forwards X-Forwarded-Proto: https.
-        // Spring must trust those headers so that AppUser-facing redirect URLs,
-        // Spring Session cookies (Secure flag), and HttpServletRequest.getScheme()
-        // reflect the original client-facing scheme rather than the internal http hop.
-        assertThat(forwardHeadersStrategy)
-            .as("server.forward-headers-strategy must be 'native' so Jetty honours X-Forwarded-Proto behind Caddy")
-            .isEqualTo("native");
+    void forward_headers_strategy_binds_to_NATIVE() {
+        YamlPropertiesFactoryBean yaml = new YamlPropertiesFactoryBean();
+        yaml.setResources(new ClassPathResource("application.yaml"));
+        Properties props = yaml.getObject();
+        assertThat(props).as("application.yaml must be on the classpath").isNotNull();
+
+        Binder binder = new Binder(ConfigurationPropertySources.from(
+            new PropertiesPropertySource("application", props)));
+
+        ForwardHeadersStrategy strategy = binder
+            .bind("server.forward-headers-strategy", ForwardHeadersStrategy.class)
+            .orElseThrow(() -> new AssertionError(
+                "server.forward-headers-strategy is missing from application.yaml"));
+
+        assertThat(strategy)
+            .as("Spring must trust X-Forwarded-Proto from Caddy so that "
+                + "request.getScheme(), redirect URLs, and the Spring Session "
+                + "'Secure' cookie reflect the original https client request.")
+            .isEqualTo(ForwardHeadersStrategy.NATIVE);
     }
 }