Compilation Failure : cannot access LoggingEventAware [ERROR] class file for org.slf4j.spi.LoggingEventAware not found on mvn clean install -U - spring-boot

Question

I have upgraded the spring boot version from 2.3.5 to 2.7.5 , resolved most of the dependency versions. But when i do the maven clean install , i received the compilation failure error : cannot access LoggingEventAware
[ERROR] class file for org.slf4j.spi.LoggingEventAware not found
But i do not see any error in the java file - LoggingConfiguration.java.
When i just do reload of project to resolve all the dependencies - it gives error for maven plugin : Cannot resolve plugin org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-release-plugin:3.1.1
I am not sure what is the issue. I have tried to restart IntelliJ after invalidate cache and also cleared the .m2 repository .Nothing helps. Please suggest your inputs how to resolve the same.
Here is the sample pom.xml
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://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>2.7.5</version>
<relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
</parent>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
<java.version>11</java.version>
<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.10.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
<maven-release-plugin.version>3.1.1</maven-release-plugin.version>
<maven-scm-provider-gitexe.version>1.9.5</maven-scm-provider-gitexe.version>
<junit.platform.version>4.13.0</junit.platform.version>
<logback-json-classic>0.1.5</logback-json-classic>
<logback-jackson.version>0.1.5</logback-jackson.version>
</properties>
</project> ```

Answer 1

While updating a project to Spring Boot 3.0.1, I came across the same issue.
Here is what worked for me:
Exclude logback-classic sub-dependency of spring-boot-starter-web.
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
Add an earlier dependency of logback with version 1.2.11
<dependency>
<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
<version>1.2.11</version>
</dependency>