upgraded to spring boot 3.0.0-RC2

upgraded to java 17

Author: lpandzic

.github/workflows/maven.yml

@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Set up JDK 1.8
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
         uses: actions/setup-java@v1
         with:
-          java-version: 1.8
+          java-version: 17
       - name: Cache local Maven repository
         uses: actions/cache@v2
         with:

pom.xml

@@ -53,21 +53,20 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<!-- DEPENDENCY VERSIONS -->
-		<spring-boot.version>2.7.2</spring-boot.version>
+		<spring-boot.version>3.0.0-RC2</spring-boot.version>
 
 		<!-- PLUGIN VERSIONS -->
-		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.7.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-		<cobertura-maven-plugin.version>2.7</cobertura-maven-plugin.version>
+		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.8.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
 		<coveralls-maven-plugin.version>4.3.0</coveralls-maven-plugin.version>
 		<jacoco-maven-plugin.version>0.8.8</jacoco-maven-plugin.version>
 		<maven-gpg-plugin.version>3.0.1</maven-gpg-plugin.version>
-		<maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.1.1</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
-		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-		<maven-failsafe-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-failsafe-plugin.version>
+		<maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.3.0</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
+		<maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.0.0-M5</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+		<maven-failsafe-plugin.version>3.0.0-M5</maven-failsafe-plugin.version>
 
 		<!-- OTHER PROPERTIES -->
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
+		<java.version>17</java.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencyManagement>