Spring Boot - v2.7.7

:lady_beetle: Bug Fixes

• Fix typo in LocalDevToolsAutoConfiguration logging #33569
• Web server fails to start due to "Resource location must not be null" when attempting to use a PKCS 11 KeyStore #32179

:notebook_with_decorative_cover: Documentation

• Improve gradle plugin tags documentation #33614
• Improve maven plugin tags documentation #33609
• Fix typo in tomcat accesslog checkExists doc #33460
• Document that the shutdown endpoint is not intended for use when deploying a war to a servlet container #17398

:hammer: Dependency Upgrades

• Upgrade to Byte Buddy 1.12.20 #33570
• Upgrade to Dropwizard Metrics 4.2.14 #33571
• Upgrade to Elasticsearch 7.17.8 #33572
• Upgrade to HttpClient 4.5.14 #33573
• Upgrade to HttpCore 4.4.16 #33574
• Upgrade to Infinispan 13.0.14.Final #33575
• Upgrade to Jaybird 4.0.8.java8 #33576
• Upgrade to Jetty 9.4.50.v20221201 #33577
• Upgrade to MSSQL JDBC 10.2.2.jre8 #33578
• Upgrade to Neo4j Java Driver 4.4.11 #33579
• Upgrade to Netty 4.1.86.Final #33580
• Upgrade to Reactor 2020.0.26 #33543
• Upgrade to Spring Integration 5.5.16 #33581
• Upgrade to Spring Security 5.7.6 #33544
• Upgrade to Thymeleaf Extras SpringSecurity 3.0.5.RELEASE #33582
• Upgrade to Tomcat 9.0.70 #33583
• Upgrade to UnboundID LDAPSDK 6.0.7 #33584
• Upgrade to Undertow 2.2.22.Final #33585

:heart: Contributors

Thank you to all the contributors who worked on this release:

@Artur-, @aksh1618, @cdanger, @currenjin, @jprinet, and @shekharAggarwal