Spring Boot not using spring.datasource.url in application.properties - spring-boot

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In my src/main/resources/application.properties file I have
spring.datasource.url=${DATABASE_JDBC_URL}?ssl=true&sslmode=${DATABASE_SSLMODE}&sslcert=${POSTGRES_CLIENT_CERT_LOCATION}&sslkey=${POSTGRES_CLIENT_KEY_LOCATION}&sslrootcert=${POSTGRES_SERVER_CA_LOCATION}
and I set things like DATABASE_JDBC_URL as environment variables in my Eclipse launcher.
This database URL has a GCP IP address, but suffice is to say it's not localhost or 127.0.0.1, etc. However, it always goes to 127.0.0.1:5435:
org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: Connection to 127.0.0.1:5435 refused. Check that the hostname and port are correct and that the postmaster is accepting TCP/IP connections.
My pom.xml is:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<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 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>2.6.8</version>
<relativePath /> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
</parent>
<groupId>com.mycompany</groupId>
<artifactId>myapp-app</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<name>myapp-app</name>
<properties>
<java.version>17</java.version>
<spring-cloud-gcp.version>3.2.1</spring-cloud-gcp.version>
<spring-cloud.version>2021.0.2</spring-cloud.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</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-validation</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-cloud-gcp-starter</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.session</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-session-core</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.thymeleaf.extras</groupId>
<artifactId>thymeleaf-extras-springsecurity5</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-devtools</artifactId>
<scope>runtime</scope>
<optional>true</optional>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
<artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
<scope>runtime</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-configuration-processor</artifactId>
<optional>true</optional>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
<artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
<optional>true</optional>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-security-test</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<dependencyManagement>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-cloud-dependencies</artifactId>
<version>${spring-cloud.version}</version>
<type>pom</type>
<scope>import</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-cloud-gcp-dependencies</artifactId>
<version>${spring-cloud-gcp.version}</version>
<type>pom</type>
<scope>import</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>build-info</id>
<goals>
<goal>build-info</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
<profiles>${app.profiles}</profiles>
<excludes>
<exclude>
<groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
<artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
</exclude>
</excludes>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
<resources>
<resource>
<directory>src/main/resources</directory>
<excludes>
<exclude>**/style.tailwind.css</exclude>
</excludes>
</resource>
</resources>
</build>
</project>
How or why is it not using the right spring.application.properties?