After upgrading Spring Boot to 2.7.7 getting ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationBeanFactoryMetadata - spring-boot

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In my Kotlin Maven project am trying to upgrade Spring Boot from 2.3.12.RELEASE to 2.7.7 but when I try to build the project, I am getting:
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Failed to introspect Class [org.springframework.cloud.context.properties.ConfigurationPropertiesBeans] from ClassLoader [sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader#75b84c92]
at org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.getDeclaredMethods(ReflectionUtils.java:485)
at org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.doWithLocalMethods(ReflectionUtils.java:321)
at org.springframework.orm.jpa.support.PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.buildPersistenceMetadata(PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:417)
at org.springframework.orm.jpa.support.PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.findPersistenceMetadata(PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:388)
at org.springframework.orm.jpa.support.PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.postProcessMergedBeanDefinition(PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:335)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyMergedBeanDefinitionPostProcessors(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1116)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:594)
... 104 common frames omitted
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/springframework/boot/context/properties/ConfigurationBeanFactoryMetadata
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredMethods0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredMethods(Class.java:2729)
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredMethods(Class.java:2003)
at org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.getDeclaredMethods(ReflectionUtils.java:467)
... 110 common frames omitted
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationBeanFactoryMetadata
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:387)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:418)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:352)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:351)
... 114 common frames omitted
I tried to find the solution on the existing topic springboot Upgrade from 2.3.5.RELEASE to 2.4.1- ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationBeanFactoryMetadata but I actually don't have dependency for spring-cloud-dependencies. What I have in my pom.xml that is related to spring cloud is this:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-oauth2</artifactId>
<version>2.2.5.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
Is there an easy way to avoid these exceptions?
I read about Spring Cloud Security reaching end of life but I am not sure how to do the migration.
I tried adding
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-cloud-dependencies</artifactId>
<version>2021.0.5</version>
<type>pom</type>
<scope>import</scope>
</dependency>
but it didn't help.
Here is my full pom.xml (some company data removed):
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>2.7.7</version>
<relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
</parent>
<groupId>...</groupId>
<artifactId>...</artifactId>
<version>...</version>
<description>
...
</description>
<properties>
<java.version>1.8</java.version>
<kotlin.version>1.8.0</kotlin.version>
<kotlinx-coroutines.version>1.6.4</kotlinx-coroutines.version>
<start-class>...</start-class>
<micrometer.version>1.10.3</micrometer.version>
<jjwt.version>0.11.5</jjwt.version>
<karate.version>0.9.6</karate.version>
<hibernate-types.version>2.21.1</hibernate-types.version>
<junit-jupiter.version>5.9.2</junit-jupiter.version>
<mockito.project.version>3.12.4</mockito.project.version>
<spring-security.version>5.3.1.RELEASE</spring-security.version>
<cucumber-reporting.version>5.7.4</cucumber-reporting.version>
<woodstox-core.version>6.4.0</woodstox-core.version>
<jackson-dataformat-xml.version>2.11.4</jackson-dataformat-xml.version>
<trimou.version>2.5.1.Final</trimou.version>
</properties>
<scm>
<connection>...</connection>
<url>...</url>
<tag>HEAD</tag>
</scm>
<distributionManagement>
<repository>
<id>...</id>
<name>...</name>
<url>...</url>
</repository>
<snapshotRepository>
<id>...</id>
<name>...</name>
<url>...</url>
</snapshotRepository>
</distributionManagement>
<dependencies>
<!-- Spring -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-webflux</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-aop</artifactId>
</dependency>
<!-- Prometheus monitoring endpoint -->
<dependency>
<groupId>io.micrometer</groupId>
<artifactId>micrometer-core</artifactId>
<version>${micrometer.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>io.micrometer</groupId>
<artifactId>micrometer-registry-prometheus</artifactId>
<version>${micrometer.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Spring Security -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-oauth2</artifactId>
<version>2.2.5.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-security-data</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>
<artifactId>jjwt-api</artifactId>
<version>${jjwt.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>
<artifactId>jjwt-impl</artifactId>
<version>${jjwt.version}</version>
<scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>
<artifactId>jjwt-jackson</artifactId>
<version>${jjwt.version}</version>
<scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-devtools</artifactId>
<scope>runtime</scope>
<optional>true</optional>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-configuration-processor</artifactId>
<optional>true</optional>
</dependency>
<!-- Kotlin -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-module-kotlin</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
<artifactId>kotlin-reflect</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
<artifactId>kotlin-stdlib-jdk8</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlinx</groupId>
<artifactId>kotlinx-coroutines-core</artifactId>
<version>${kotlinx-coroutines.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Data -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
<artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
<scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.flywaydb</groupId>
<artifactId>flyway-core</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.vladmihalcea</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-types-52</artifactId>
<version>${hibernate-types.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- XML, Atom/RSS -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-dataformat-xml</artifactId>
<version>${jackson-dataformat-xml.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.fasterxml.woodstox</groupId>
<artifactId>woodstox-core</artifactId>
<version>${woodstox-core.version}</version>
</dependency>
<!-- JSON handling-->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
<artifactId>gson</artifactId>
</dependency>
<!-- Testing -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
<artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
<artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
<version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
<artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
<version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
<artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
<version>${mockito.project.version}</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
<artifactId>mockito-junit-jupiter</artifactId>
<version>${mockito.project.version}</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- Karate Testing -->
<dependency>
<groupId>com.intuit.karate</groupId>
<artifactId>karate-apache</artifactId>
<version>${karate.version}</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.intuit.karate</groupId>
<artifactId>karate-junit5</artifactId>
<version>${karate.version}</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>net.masterthought</groupId>
<artifactId>cucumber-reporting</artifactId>
<version>${cucumber-reporting.version}</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<!-- Template Engine -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.trimou</groupId>
<artifactId>trimou-core</artifactId>
<version>${trimou.version}</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<repositories>
<repository>
<releases>
<enabled>true</enabled>
<updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
</releases>
<snapshots>
<enabled>true</enabled>
</snapshots>
<id>...</id>
<name>Public-Mirror</name>
<url>...</url>
</repository>
</repositories>
<pluginRepositories>
<pluginRepository>
<releases>
<enabled>true</enabled>
<updatePolicy>never</updatePolicy>
</releases>
<snapshots>
<enabled>false</enabled>
</snapshots>
<id>...</id>
<name>Public-Mirror</name>
<url>...</url>
</pluginRepository>
</pluginRepositories>
<build>
<sourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/kotlin</sourceDirectory>
<testSourceDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/test/kotlin</testSourceDirectory>
<!-- Config for the Karate testing framework -->
<testResources>
<testResource>
<directory>src/test/kotlin</directory>
<excludes>
<exclude>**/*.kt</exclude>
</excludes>
</testResource>
</testResources>
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0-M7</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0-M7</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0-r1585899</version>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
<artifactId>kotlin-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<args>
<arg>-Xjsr305=strict</arg>
</args>
<compilerPlugins>
<plugin>spring</plugin>
<plugin>jpa</plugin>
<plugin>all-open</plugin>
</compilerPlugins>
<pluginOptions>
<option>all-open:annotation=javax.persistence.Entity</option>
<option>all-open:annotation=javax.persistence.Embeddable</option>
<option>all-open:annotation=javax.persistence.MappedSuperclass</option>
</pluginOptions>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>compile</id>
<goals>
<goal>compile</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>test-compile</id>
<goals>
<goal>test-compile</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
<artifactId>kotlin-maven-allopen</artifactId>
<version>${kotlin.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
<artifactId>kotlin-maven-noarg</artifactId>
<version>${kotlin.version}</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<profiles>
<profile>
<id>skip-deploy-if-non-master-branch</id>
<activation>
<activeByDefault>false</activeByDefault>
<property>
<name>env.GIT_BRANCH</name>
<value>!master</value>
</property>
</activation>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<skip>true</skip>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</profile>
<profile>
<id>release</id>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<skip>false</skip>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</profile>
<profile>
<id>integrationtest</id>
<build>
<plugins>
<!--
Wait for the Spring Boot app to be ready.
-->
<plugin>
<groupId>com.github.slem1</groupId>
<artifactId>await-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>1.2.2</version>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>wait-for-application-startup</id>
<phase>pre-integration-test</phase>
<goals>
<goal>Await</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
<poll>
<attempts>10</attempts>
<sleep>3000</sleep>
</poll>
<httpConnections>
<httpConnection>
<url>http://localhost:18090</url>
<statusCode>200</statusCode>
</httpConnection>
</httpConnections>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>integration-test</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</profile>
</profiles>
</project>