Missing artifact org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-parent:jar:1.3.2.RELEASE

22
votes

I am getting the following error in POM.xml for spring boot dependency.

Missing artifact org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-parent:jar:1.3.2.RELEASE

I tried all the solutions given in the following link but nothing solved my problem:
Maven2: Missing artifact but jars are in place

2
mavenparent-pom

2 Answers

41
votes

You're getting this error because there is no jar artifact for spring-boot-starter-parent in maven central, since spring-boot-starter-parent uses pom packaging. The reason for that is because it's intended to be used as a parent pom:

<parent>
    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
    <version>1.3.2.RELEASE</version>
</parent>

Alternatively, you can just import the managed dependencies if that is what you intended to do:

<dependencyManagement>
    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
            <version>1.3.2.RELEASE</version>
            <scope>import</scope>
            <type>pom</type>
        </dependency>   
    </dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>

You can read more about importing dependencies in the Importing Dependencies section of the Introduction to the Dependency Mechanism article.

0
votes

Remove the "-SNAPSHOT" in the spring boot starter parent configuration as shown below:

Current:

<parent>
   <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
   <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
   <version>{version}-SNAPSHOT</version>
</parent>

Example:

<parent>
    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
    <version>2.5.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
</parent>

After Removing the version it looks like:

<parent>
    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
    <version>{version}</version>
</parent>

Example:

<parent>
    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
    <version>2.5.3</version>
</parent>