NoSuchMethodError when using spring-aop 4.2.5 with Spring Boot 1.5.10 - spring-boot

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Please help me to solve this issue
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Cannot instantiate interface org.springframework.boot.SpringApplicationRunListener : org.springframework.boot.context.event.EventPublishingRunListener
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.createSpringFactoriesInstances(SpringApplication.java:413)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.getSpringFactoriesInstances(SpringApplication.java:392)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.getRunListeners(SpringApplication.java:378)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:291)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1118)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1107)
at com.ge.pcm.app.PCMApmAlertsServiceApplication.main(PCMApmAlertsServiceApplication.java:53)
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.BeanInstantiationException: Failed to instantiate [org.springframework.boot.context.event.EventPublishingRunListener]: Constructor threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.springframework.aop.framework.AopProxyUtils.getSingletonTarget(Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;
at org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils.instantiateClass(BeanUtils.java:154)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.createSpringFactoriesInstances(SpringApplication.java:409)
... 6 more
Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.springframework.aop.framework.AopProxyUtils.getSingletonTarget(Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/Object;
at org.springframework.context.event.AbstractApplicationEventMulticaster.addApplicationListener(AbstractApplicationEventMulticaster.java:105)
at org.springframework.boot.context.event.EventPublishingRunListener.<init>(EventPublishingRunListener.java:56)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423)
at org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils.instantiateClass(BeanUtils.java:142)
... 7 more
this is my pom.xml
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>1.5.10.RELEASE</version>
<relativePath />
</parent>
<properties>
<start-class>xyz</start-class>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<java.version>1.8</java.version>
<stuf.version>1.5.0</stuf.version>
<jackson-json.version>2.8.0</jackson-json.version>
<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>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-rest</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>4.12</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
<artifactId>gson</artifactId>
<version>2.5</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.json</groupId>
<artifactId>json</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>redis.clients</groupId>
<artifactId>jedis</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-data-redis</artifactId>
<scope>compile</scope>
<optional>true</optional>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
<artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.retry</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-retry</artifactId>
<version>1.1.2.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-aop</artifactId>
<version>4.2.5.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
<artifactId>aspectjweaver</artifactId>
<version>1.8.8</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-aop</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-security-core</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-security-web</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-security-config</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
<artifactId>guava</artifactId>
<version>19.0</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.sonarsource.scanner.maven</groupId>
<artifactId>sonar-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.3.0.603</version>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
<artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>0.7.9</version>
<configuration>
<destFile>${sonar.jacoco.reportPaths}</destFile>
<append>true</append>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>agent</id>
<goals>
<goal>prepare-agent</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
<!-- <plugin> <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId> <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>0.7.8</version> <executions> <execution> <goals> <goal>prepare-agent</goal>
</goals> </execution> <execution> <id>report</id> <phase>prepare-package</phase>
<goals> <goal>report</goal> </goals> </execution> <execution> <id>post-unit-test</id>
<phase>test</phase> <goals> <goal>report</goal> </goals> </execution> </executions>
</plugin> -->
</plugins>
</build>
</project>

Answer 1

Increase spring-aop version to 4.3.18.RELEASE. You might need to then make code changes to be compatible with this version.