upgrade spring boot version

README.md

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ A highly opinionated and complete starter for Spring Boot production ready proje
 
 ## Built With
 
-* [Spring Boot 3.4.2](https://projects.spring.io/spring-boot/) - Inversion of Control Framework
+* [Spring Boot 3.4.5](https://projects.spring.io/spring-boot/) - Inversion of Control Framework
 * [Bootstrap 5](https://getbootstrap.com/docs/5.0/getting-started/introduction/) - HTML, CSS, and
   JavaScript framework
 * [Thymeleaf](https://www.thymeleaf.org/) - Modern server-side Java template engine

build.gradle

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 plugins {
-  id 'org.springframework.boot' version '3.4.2'
+  id 'org.springframework.boot' version '3.4.5'
   id 'io.spring.dependency-management' version '1.1.7'
-  id 'org.owasp.dependencycheck' version '11.1.1'
-  id 'com.diffplug.spotless' version '7.0.2'
+  id 'org.owasp.dependencycheck' version '12.1.1'
+  id 'com.diffplug.spotless' version '7.0.3'
   id 'eclipse'
   id 'jacoco'
   id 'idea'
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ repositories {
 
 ext {
   set('jjwtVersion', '0.12.6')
-  set('springDocVersion', '2.8.4')
+  set('springDocVersion', '2.8.8')
   set('javadocScribeVersion', '0.15.0')
   set('mapstructVersion', '1.6.3')
-  set('awsSdkS3Version', '2.30.15')
+  set('awsSdkS3Version', '2.31.45')
 }
 
 dependencies {
@@ -63,15 +63,15 @@ dependencies {
   implementation 'org.ehcache:ehcache-transactions:3.10.8'
 
   // Utilities
-  implementation 'org.jsoup:jsoup:1.18.3'
+  implementation 'org.jsoup:jsoup:1.20.1'
   implementation "io.jsonwebtoken:jjwt-api:${jjwtVersion}"
   runtimeOnly "io.jsonwebtoken:jjwt-impl:${jjwtVersion}"
   runtimeOnly "io.jsonwebtoken:jjwt-jackson:${jjwtVersion}"
-  implementation 'commons-io:commons-io:2.18.0'
-  implementation 'net.datafaker:datafaker:2.4.2'
-  implementation 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.12.1'
+  implementation 'commons-io:commons-io:2.19.0'
+  implementation 'net.datafaker:datafaker:2.4.3'
+  implementation 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.13.1'
   implementation 'commons-validator:commons-validator:1.9.0'
-  implementation 'com.github.darrachequesne:spring-data-jpa-datatables:6.0.4'
+  implementation 'com.github.darrachequesne:spring-data-jpa-datatables:7.0.1'
 
   // Documentation and API Tools
   implementation "org.springdoc:springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-ui:${springDocVersion}"
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ dependencies {
 
   // Webjars
   implementation 'org.webjars:jquery:3.7.1'
-  implementation 'org.webjars:bootstrap:5.3.3'
+  implementation 'org.webjars:bootstrap:5.3.5'
   implementation 'org.webjars:jquery-ui:1.14.1'
-  implementation 'org.webjars:datatables:2.1.8'
+  implementation 'org.webjars:datatables:2.3.0'
   implementation 'org.webjars:font-awesome:6.7.2'
   implementation 'org.webjars:webjars-locator:0.52'
 }
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ testing {
         implementation 'io.findify:s3mock_2.13:0.2.6'
         implementation 'com.icegreen:greenmail-junit5:2.1.3'
         implementation 'com.jparams:to-string-verifier:1.4.8'
-        implementation 'nl.jqno.equalsverifier:equalsverifier:3.18.2'
+        implementation 'nl.jqno.equalsverifier:equalsverifier:4.0'
         implementation 'org.springframework.security:spring-security-test'
         implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test'
         runtimeOnly 'org.junit.platform:junit-platform-launcher'
@@ -194,15 +194,15 @@ spotless {
 
     // define the steps to apply to those files
     trimTrailingWhitespace()
-    indentWithSpaces()
+    leadingTabsToSpaces()
     endWithNewline()
   }
 
   java {
 
     // define the steps to apply to those files
     trimTrailingWhitespace()
-    indentWithSpaces()
+    leadingTabsToSpaces()
     endWithNewline()
     removeUnusedImports()
   }

src/main/java/com/developersboard/SpringBootStarterApplication.java

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ public class SpringBootStarterApplication {
    * @param args an array of command-line arguments for the application
    */
   public static void main(final String[] args) {
+    String name;
     SpringApplication.run(SpringBootStarterApplication.class, args);
   }
 }

src/main/java/com/developersboard/exception/user/UserAlreadyExistsException.java

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 package com.developersboard.exception.user;
 
-import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseStatus;
 import java.io.Serial;
 
 /**