I’m working on a java application that was using spring 4.1.8 and spring boot 1.4.0. I upgraded the dependencies to spring boot 3.3.1 and spring 6.1.10. After the upgrade I am getting the following exception, which I’m not sure why its there because that method is present within the jar file in the classpath.

 [java] Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: 'java.lang.ThreadLocal org.springframework.core.NamedThreadLocal.withInitial(java.lang.String, java.util.function.Supplier)'
 [java]     at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.<init>(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:139)
 [java]     at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractXmlApplicationContext.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractXmlApplicationContext.java:84)
 [java]     at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.refreshBeanFactory(AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.java:131)
 [java]     at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.obtainFreshBeanFactory(AbstractApplicationContext.java:713)
 [java]     at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:595)
 [java]     at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.<init>(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:144)
 [java]     at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.<init>(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:95)
 [java]     at de.mwit.mde.core.base.spring.MDEBuilderSpringWithWiring.init(MDEBuilderSpringWithWiring.java:68)
 [java]     at de.mwit.mde.core.base.MDEContainer.init(MDEContainer.java:114)
 [java]     at de.mwit.mde.core.base.MDEMain.main(MDEMain.java:63)

Below is the list of dependencies. I cannot share too much because of regulations. It would be great if someone could give some suggestion as to how to tackle this issue. I’m using JDK 21 to compile and run the application.

  <dependencies>

<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.springframework.boot/spring-boot-starter -->
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
  <version>${spring-starter-version}</version>
</dependency>

<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.springframework/spring-messaging -->
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-messaging</artifactId>
  <version>${spring-boot-version}</version>
</dependency>

<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.springframework/spring-tx -->
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
  <version>${spring-boot-version}</version>
</dependency>

<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.springframework/spring-orm -->
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-orm</artifactId>
  <version>${spring-boot-version}</version>
</dependency>

<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.springframework/spring-jms -->
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-jms</artifactId>
  <version>${spring-boot-version}</version>
</dependency>

<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.springframework/spring-test -->
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
  <version>${spring-boot-version}</version>
  <scope>test</scope>
</dependency>

<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.springframework/spring-context-support -->
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-context-support</artifactId>
  <version>${spring-boot-version}</version>
</dependency>

<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.springframework.boot/spring-boot-starter-activemq -->
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-activemq</artifactId>
  <version>${spring-starter-version}</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
  <groupId>junit</groupId>
  <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
  <scope>test</scope>
  <version>4.13.2</version>
</dependency>