Spring Boot 4.0.0 + GCP : java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.springframework.boot.context.config.ConfigDataLocationResolverContext.getBootstrapContext()

Question

I upgraded a Spring Boot application to Spring Boot 4.0.0 with Java 25 LTS, and I am using:

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-cloud-gcp-starter-secretmanager</artifactId>
    <version>7.3.2</version>
</dependency>

When the application starts, it fails with:

java.lang.NoSuchMethodError:
'org.springframework.boot.ConfigurableBootstrapContext
 org.springframework.boot.context.config.ConfigDataLocationResolverContext.getBootstrapContext()'

at com.google.cloud.spring.autoconfigure.secretmanager.SecretManagerConfigDataLocationResolver.registerBean(...)

It looks like Spring Cloud GCP is calling a method that no longer exists in Spring Boot 4.

Is Spring Cloud GCP 7.x compatible with Spring Boot 4.0.0?

Answer 1

This works with Spring Boot 4.0.3:

<dependencyManagement>
    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-cloud-gcp-dependencies</artifactId>
            <version>8.0.1</version>
            <type>pom</type>
            <scope>import</scope>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>

After aligning the Spring Cloud GCP BOM to 8.0.1, the application runs smoothly.
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