From bc1ab2972c2a5e94a936ef69d0e6972016bebb33 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: snyk-bot <snyk-bot@snyk.io>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 02:10:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: pom.xml to reduce vulnerabilities

The following vulnerabilities are fixed with an upgrade:
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGSPRINGFRAMEWORK-12817817
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGSPRINGFRAMEWORK-12008931
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGSPRINGFRAMEWORK-8230364
---
 pom.xml | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3d9e6851d1d0..15cd45ab961f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         <!--=== GENERAL / DSPACE-API DEPENDENCIES ===-->
         <java.version>11</java.version>
         <spring.version>5.3.20</spring.version>
-        <spring-boot.version>2.6.8</spring-boot.version>
+        <spring-boot.version>4.0.0</spring-boot.version>
         <spring-security.version>5.6.5</spring-security.version> <!-- sync with version used by spring-boot-->
         <hibernate.version>5.6.5.Final</hibernate.version>
         <hibernate-validator.version>6.0.23.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
                             </goals>
                             <configuration>
                                 <rules>
-                                    <DependencyConvergence />
+                                    <DependencyConvergence/>
                                 </rules>
                             </configuration>
                         </execution>