From a663edac9b14ada5f74184d1d489b33d15a2ff96 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kartik Haritwal <kartik23275@iiitd.ac.in>
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2026 23:24:41 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Upgrade Spring Boot to 2.7.18 and enable Java 17
 compatibility

---
 pom.xml | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1cb02b3..2f6fb3b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.5.2.RELEASE</version>
+        <version>2.7.18</version>
     </parent>
 
     <repositories>
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-devtools</artifactId>
@@ -140,7 +145,7 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
-        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
+        <java.version>17</java.version>
     </properties>
 
     <build>