diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/aot/AbstractAotProcessor.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/aot/AbstractAotProcessor.java
index e538de87ab..d51d8af1f2 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/aot/AbstractAotProcessor.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/context/aot/AbstractAotProcessor.java
@@ -123,9 +123,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractAotProcessor {
 		/**
 		 * Set the output directory for generated sources.
 		 * @param sourceOutput the location of generated sources
+		 * @return this settings object for method chaining
 		 */
-		public void setSourceOutput(Path sourceOutput) {
+		public Settings setSourceOutput(Path sourceOutput) {
 			this.sourceOutput = sourceOutput;
+			return this;
 		}
 
 		/**
@@ -139,9 +141,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractAotProcessor {
 		/**
 		 * Set the output directory for generated resources.
 		 * @param resourceOutput the location of generated resources
+		 * @return this settings object for method chaining
 		 */
-		public void setResourceOutput(Path resourceOutput) {
+		public Settings setResourceOutput(Path resourceOutput) {
 			this.resourceOutput = resourceOutput;
+			return this;
 		}
 
 		/**
@@ -155,9 +159,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractAotProcessor {
 		/**
 		 * Set the output directory for generated classes.
 		 * @param classOutput the location of generated classes
+		 * @return this settings object for method chaining
 		 */
-		public void setClassOutput(Path classOutput) {
+		public Settings setClassOutput(Path classOutput) {
 			this.classOutput = classOutput;
+			return this;
 		}
 
 		/**
@@ -172,9 +178,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractAotProcessor {
 		 * Set the group ID of the application.
 		 * @param groupId the group ID of the application, used to locate
 		 * {@code native-image.properties}
+		 * @return this settings object for method chaining
 		 */
-		public void setGroupId(String groupId) {
+		public Settings setGroupId(String groupId) {
 			this.groupId = groupId;
+			return this;
 		}
 
 		/**
@@ -189,9 +197,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractAotProcessor {
 		 * Set the artifact ID of the application.
 		 * @param artifactId the artifact ID of the application, used to locate
 		 * {@code native-image.properties}
+		 * @return this settings object for method chaining
 		 */
-		public void setArtifactId(String artifactId) {
+		public Settings setArtifactId(String artifactId) {
 			this.artifactId = artifactId;
+			return this;
 		}
 
 		/**
diff --git a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/aot/ContextAotProcessorTests.java b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/aot/ContextAotProcessorTests.java
index f500ac9648..5baeea5bb7 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/aot/ContextAotProcessorTests.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/context/aot/ContextAotProcessorTests.java
@@ -128,13 +128,12 @@ class ContextAotProcessorTests {
 
 		private static Settings createSettings(Path sourceOutput, Path resourceOutput,
 				Path classOutput, String groupId, String artifactId) {
-			Settings settings = new Settings();
-			settings.setSourceOutput(sourceOutput);
-			settings.setResourceOutput(resourceOutput);
-			settings.setClassOutput(classOutput);
-			settings.setArtifactId(artifactId);
-			settings.setGroupId(groupId);
-			return settings;
+			return new Settings()
+					.setSourceOutput(sourceOutput)
+					.setResourceOutput(resourceOutput)
+					.setClassOutput(classOutput)
+					.setArtifactId(artifactId)
+					.setGroupId(groupId);
 		}
 
 		@Override
diff --git a/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/context/aot/TestAotProcessorTests.java b/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/context/aot/TestAotProcessorTests.java
index 4cccdcd3cd..eee73dae06 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/context/aot/TestAotProcessorTests.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/test/java/org/springframework/test/context/aot/TestAotProcessorTests.java
@@ -109,13 +109,12 @@ class TestAotProcessorTests extends AbstractAotTests {
 
 		private static Settings createSettings(Path sourceOutput, Path resourceOutput, Path classOutput, String groupId,
 				String artifactId) {
-			Settings settings = new Settings();
-			settings.setSourceOutput(sourceOutput);
-			settings.setResourceOutput(resourceOutput);
-			settings.setClassOutput(classOutput);
-			settings.setArtifactId(artifactId);
-			settings.setGroupId(groupId);
-			return settings;
+			return new Settings()
+					.setSourceOutput(sourceOutput)
+					.setResourceOutput(resourceOutput)
+					.setClassOutput(classOutput)
+					.setArtifactId(artifactId)
+					.setGroupId(groupId);
 		}
 	}