'Upgrading to springboot 2.5.12- java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.core.metrics.ApplicationStartup error

I am trying to upgrade to springboot 2.5.12. I am getting below error-

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/springframework/core/metrics/ApplicationStartup
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.<init>(SpringApplication.java:254)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.<init>(SpringApplication.java:267)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1365)
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1354)
at gov.nm.cses.gen.AppConfig.main(AppConfig.java:217)

Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.core.metrics.ApplicationStartup at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.loadClass(BuiltinClassLoader.java:581) at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoaders.java:178) at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:521) ... 5 more

Any inputs appreciated.



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