Spring boot cannot compile views in 1.5.8 release - spring-boot

Question

Environment:
STS-3.9.0.RELEASE
Java Version: 1.7
Spring Starter Project, web
I have a spring boot project that works fine with 1.4.2 release but not with 1.5.8. When I change to 1.5.8, it stops compiling JSP and prints the page as it is.
Here are my files:
pom.xml
<?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 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>com.educo</groupId>
<artifactId>sprboot</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<name>sprboot</name>
<description>Event tracker project</description>
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>1.4.2.RELEASE</version>
</parent>
<properties>
<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
<java.version>1.7</java.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
<artifactId>tomcat-embed-jasper</artifactId>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler</groupId>
<artifactId>ecj</artifactId>
<version>4.6.1</version>
<scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
src/main/java, com.educo.Application.java
package com.educo;
import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.builder.SpringApplicationBuilder;
import org.springframework.boot.web.support.SpringBootServletInitializer;
#SpringBootApplication
public class Application extends SpringBootServletInitializer{
#Override
protected SpringApplicationBuilder configure(SpringApplicationBuilder application) {
return application.sources(Application.class);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);
}
}
src/main/resources, application.properties
spring.mvc.view.prefix: /WEB-INF/jsp/
spring.mvc.view.suffix: .jsp
welcome.message: Hello
src/main/java, com.educo.controller
package com.educo.controller;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
import org.springframework.ui.ModelMap;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseBody;
#Controller
public class TestController {
#RequestMapping("/")
public String index() {
return "index";
}
#RequestMapping("/body")
#ResponseBody
public String body() {
System.out.println("there");
return "Hello world!";
}
// /param?name=ashutosh
#RequestMapping("/param")
#ResponseBody
public String params(#RequestParam String name) {
return "Hello " + name;
}
// /path/ashutosh
#RequestMapping("/path/{name}")
#ResponseBody
public String paths(#PathVariable String name) {
return "Hello " + name;
}
// /path-view/ashutosh
#RequestMapping("/path-view/{name}")
public String pathView(#PathVariable String name, ModelMap map) {
map.addAttribute("name", name);
return "path-view";
}
}
src/main/webapp, /WEB-INF/jsp/index.jsp
<b>Welcome</b> to my website
src/main/webapp, /WEB-INF/jsp/path-view.jsp
<%# page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=UTF-8" pageEncoding="UTF-8" isELIgnored="false"
%>
Hello ${name} by path view
On changing to:
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>1.5.8.RELEASE</version>
</parent>
I get the error:
Whitelabel Error Page
This application has no explicit mapping for /error, so you are seeing this as a fallback.
Sun Oct 29 23:58:06 EDT 2017
There was an unexpected error (type=Not Found, status=404).
No message available
No error gets printed on tomcat console.
I tried to read the changelog for 1.5.8 but could not find anything on this. What I'm missing here?