Merge branch 'staging' into versionless

Author: gkwan-ibm

finish/pom.xml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>3.3.5</version>
+        <version>3.4.0</version>
         <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
     </parent>
     <groupId>com.example</groupId>

start/pom.xml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>3.3.5</version>
+        <version>3.4.0</version>
         <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
     </parent>
     <groupId>com.example</groupId>