Spring Boot 2.0.5 still using Spring version 4.3.8.RELEASE

Question

I am using Spring boot version 2.0.5 in an IntelliJIdea project. Here is my maven.

    <parent>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
        <version>2.0.5.RELEASE</version>
        <relativePath />

        <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
    </parent>

I verified that it was using Spring version 4.3.8 even though, Springboot's documentation clearly says that Springboot 2.0.X uses Spring version 5.0.X.

After this I overrode the <spring.version> property in the POM file, as shown below:

<properties>
    <spring.version>5.1.2.RELEASE</spring.version>
</properties>` 

Still, the version of Spring my project uses is 4.3.8!

System.out.println("version: " + SpringVersion.getVersion()); . outputs 4.3.8.RELEASE.

Can anyone help me understand how to actually update Springboot's version of the Spring framework used?

Answer 1

As per SpringBoot documentation and dependency matrix, SpringBoot 2+ uses Spring Framework 5 (SpringBoot 3+ uses Spring Framework 6).

This should be a local cache issue. Please try to refresh the cache and try again.