ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.kafka.listener.config.ContainerProperties when trying to upgrade spring boot version

Question

I am developing a sample Spring integration project which has kafka listener using spring integration. This is working fine with lower version of boot (boot - 1.5.9, kafka-client 1.0.0, spring-integration-kafka 2.3.0, spring-kafka 1.3.2). But getting below error while upgrading boot version from 1.5.9 to 2.1.x :-

Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.kafka.listener.config.ContainerProperties
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:381) ~[na:1.8.0_131]
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:424) ~[na:1.8.0_131]
    at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:335) ~[na:1.8.0_131]
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357) ~[na:1.8.0_131]
    at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method) ~[na:1.8.0_131]
    at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:348) ~[na:1.8.0_131]
    at org.springframework.util.ClassUtils.forName(ClassUtils.java:275) ~[spring-core-5.1.5.RELEASE.jar:5.1.5.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinition.resolveBeanClass(AbstractBeanDefinition.java:437) ~[spring-beans-5.1.5.RELEASE.jar:5.1.5.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doResolveBeanClass(AbstractBeanFactory.java:1457) ~[spring-beans-5.1.5.RELEASE.jar:5.1.5.RELEASE]
    at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.resolveBeanClass(AbstractBeanFactory.java:1384) ~[spring-beans-5.1.5.RELEASE.jar:5.1.5.RELEASE]
    ... 23 common frames omitted

mvn dependency tree :-

mvn dependency:tree | find "kafka"
[INFO] +- org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients:jar:2.0.1:compile
[INFO] +- org.springframework.integration:spring-integration-kafka:jar:2.3.0.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] +- org.springframework.kafka:spring-kafka:jar:2.2.4.RELEASE:compile

Please suggest a working pom for boot version 2.1.x or 2.2.x so that it runs without error. Key artifats that i am using :- kafka-clients, spring-integration-kafka, spring-kafka & spring-boot-starter-integration (All these have their own version provided by boot and not mentioned explicitly except spring-integration-kafka (2.3.0)).

Pom :-

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <parent>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
        <version>2.1.3.RELEASE</version>
        <relativePath />
    </parent>
    <groupId>com.sample.report</groupId>
    <artifactId>Report</artifactId>
    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>

    <name>Report</name>
    <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>

    <properties>
        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
    </properties>

    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-integration</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.integration</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-integration-file</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.integration</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-integration-http</artifactId>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.integration</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-integration-jdbc</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
            <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.integration</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-integration-kafka</artifactId>
            <version>3.1.5.RELEASE</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.kafka</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-kafka</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.oracle</groupId>
            <artifactId>ojdbc6</artifactId>
            <version>11.2.0.3</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
            <scope>test</scope>
            <exclusions>
                <exclusion>
                    <groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
                    <artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
                </exclusion>
            </exclusions>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.integration</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-integration-test</artifactId>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>

    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>
</project>

Answer 1

Use 3.1.5 with Boot 2.1.x - the latest 3.1.x, and 3.2.1 with Boot 2.2.x - see the compatibility matrix here.

Spring Integration Kafka is still an extension and its version is not managed by boot because it has a faster release cadence.

It will be pulled into the main project "soon".