springboot application deployment issue with WAS 8.5.5.12 - spring-boot

Question

I am trying to deploy a springboot application in was server 8.5.5.12., but facing an issue as application stops automatically after few seconds or does not start at all with following error:
11/29/19 2:18:39:584 CET] 0002c36e WSModuleDescr E WSWS7011E: The configuration for the app-web.war application module cannot load correctly.
The following error occurred: com.ibm.ws.metadata.annotations.AnnotationException: Annotation processing failed for class: module-info.class
at com.ibm.ws.metadata.annotations.AnnotationConfigReader.getAnnotationData(AnnotationConfigReader.java:883)
at com.ibm.ws.metadata.annotations.AnnotationConfigReader.getAnnotationDataForZippedArchive(AnnotationConfigReader.java:766)
at com.ibm.ws.metadata.annotations.AnnotationConfigReader.getAnnotationData(AnnotationConfigReader.java:696)
at com.ibm.ws.metadata.annotations.AnnotationConfigReader.populateModuleData(AnnotationConfigReader.java:353)
at com.ibm.ws.metadata.MetaDataOrchestrator.getModuleData(MetaDataOrchestrator.java:117)
at com.ibm.ws.websvcs.annotations.collector.WASAnnotationCollector.getMDO(WASAnnotationCollector.java:258)
at com.ibm.ws.websvcs.annotations.collector.WASAnnotationCollector.collect(WASAnnotationCollector.java:146)
at com.ibm.ws.websvcs.desc.WSModuleDescriptorImpl.getClassDataObjects(WSModuleDescriptorImpl.java:1458)
at com.ibm.ws.websvcs.desc.WSModuleDescriptorImpl.initDBCMap(WSModuleDescriptorImpl.java:2153)
at com.ibm.ws.websvcs.desc.WSModuleDescriptorImpl.buildJAXWSServiceRefs(WSModuleDescriptorImpl.java:1137)
at com.ibm.ws.websvcs.desc.WSModuleDescriptorImpl._containsWebServiceClients(WSModuleDescriptorImpl.java:639)
at com.ibm.ws.websvcs.desc.WSModuleDescriptorImpl.containsWebServiceClients(WSModuleDescriptorImpl.java:611)
at com.ibm.ws.websvcs.deploy.WSCacheWriter.writeModuleCache(WSCacheWriter.java:583)
at com.ibm.ws.websvcs.deploy.WSCacheWriter.writeApplicationCache(WSCacheWriter.java:242)
at com.ibm.ws.websvcs.deploy.WSCacheWriter.writeApplicationCache(WSCacheWriter.java:167)
at com.ibm.ws.websvcs.deploy.PersistentStorageInstallSaveTask.performTask(PersistentStorageInstallSaveTask.java:196)
at com.ibm.ws.management.application.sync.AppBinaryProcessor$ExpandApp.expand(AppBinaryProcessor.java:1734)
at com.ibm.ws.management.application.sync.AppBinaryProcessor$AppBinThread.run(AppBinaryProcessor.java:1239)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:785)
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
at org.objectweb.asm.ClassReader.<init>(Unknown Source)
at org.objectweb.asm.ClassReader.<init>(Unknown Source)
at org.objectweb.asm.ClassReader.<init>(Unknown Source)
at com.ibm.ws.metadata.annotations.AnnotationConfigReader.getAnnotationData(AnnotationConfigReader.java:836)
... 18 more
the java compiler given in pom is 1.8.
<properties>
<start-class>com.**</start-class>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<application.systemletters>CRAS</application.systemletters>
<project.scm.id>java-group</project.scm.id>
<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
<java.version>1.8</java.version>
<!-- <springframework.boot.version>1.5.9.RELEASE</springframework.boot.version> -->
<springframework.boot.version>1.5.18.RELEASE</springframework.boot.version>
<lombok.version>1.16.8</lombok.version>
<failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
<sonar.skipDesign>true</sonar.skipDesign>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>ISO-8859-1</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<!-- Added for SONAR unit test code coverage -->
<sonar.java.coveragePlugin>jacoco</sonar.java.coveragePlugin>
<sonar.dynamicAnalysis>reuseReports</sonar.dynamicAnalysis>
<!-- <sonar.jacoco.reportPaths>${project.basedir}/target/jacoco.exec</sonar.jacoco.reportPaths> -->
<sonar.language>java</sonar.language>
<sonar.verbose>true</sonar.verbose>
<sonar.sources>src/main</sonar.sources>
<sonar.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</sonar.sourceEncoding>
<gson.version>2.8.2</gson.version>
<!-- End -->
<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
<version>${springframework.boot.version}</version>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
</exclusion>
<exclusion>
<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
<version>3.5</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-expression</artifactId>
<version>4.3.21.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-data-commons</artifactId>
<version>1.13.17.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
<version>${springframework.boot.version}</version>
<!-- Excluding spring boot internal dependencies -->
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
</exclusion>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
<artifactId>tomcat-embed-core</artifactId>
</exclusion>
<exclusion>
<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
<!-- End -->
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
<artifactId>tomcat-embed-core</artifactId>
<version>9.0.20</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
<version>2.9.8</version>
</dependency>
<!-- Added logback latest version -->
<dependency>
<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
<version>1.2.3</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
<version>${springframework.boot.version}</version>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>dom4j</groupId>
<artifactId>dom4j</artifactId>
</exclusion>
<exclusion>
<groupId>antlr</groupId>
<artifactId>antlr</artifactId>
</exclusion>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
</exclusion>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
</exclusion>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-data-commons</artifactId>
</exclusion>
<exclusion>
<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
</exclusion>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-data-jpa</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-data-jpa</artifactId>
<version>1.11.22.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
<version>4.2.20.Final</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
<version>4.2.20.Final</version>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>org.hibernate.javax.persistence</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-jpa-2.0-api</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate.javax.persistence</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-jpa-2.1-api</artifactId>
<version>1.0.2.Final</version>
</dependency>
<!-- JAX-RS dependencies -->
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.ws.rs</groupId>
<artifactId>javax.ws.rs-api</artifactId>
<version>2.0.1</version>
</dependency>
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/commons-configuration/commons-configuration -->
<dependency>
<groupId>commons-configuration</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-configuration</artifactId>
<version>1.6</version>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>commons-collections</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-collections</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<!-- Dependencies for ESAPI -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.owasp.esapi</groupId>
<artifactId>esapi</artifactId>
<version>2.1.0.1</version>
<exclusions>
<exclusion>
<groupId>commons-fileupload</groupId>
<artifactId>commons-fileupload</artifactId>
</exclusion>
</exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
<artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
<version>1.18.6</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
<artifactId>gson</artifactId>
<version>${gson.version}</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.abnamro.cras</groupId>
<artifactId>cras-commons</artifactId>
<version>0.0.45</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
<artifactId>guava</artifactId>
<version>23.6.1-jre</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
<artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
<version>3.0.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
<artifactId>asm</artifactId>
<version>7.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.github.ulisesbocchio</groupId>
<artifactId>jasypt-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
<version>2.0.0</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
<artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>0.7.5.201505241946</version>
<configuration>
<destFile>${sonar.jacoco.reportPaths}</destFile>
<append>true</append>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>prepare-agent</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
<execution>
<id>report</id>
<phase>prepare-package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>report</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.sonatype.clm</groupId>
<artifactId>clm-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.6.0-01</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>sonar-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.2</version>
<configuration>
<argLine>${jacoco.agent.ut.arg}</argLine>
<!-- Specific to generate mapping between tests and covered code -->
<properties>
<property>
<name>listener</name>
<value>org.sonar.java.jacoco.JUnitListener</value>
</property>
</properties>
<!-- test failure ignore -->
<testFailureIgnore>true</testFailureIgnore>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
<version>2.5.2</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<source>${java.version}</source>
<target>${java.version}</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
Any solution for the above error woud help. also how do we find out which dependencies is causing issue