Futher updates for Spring Boot 3.4

build.gradle

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 plugins {
   id 'java'
-  id 'org.springframework.boot' version '3.3.5'
+  id 'org.springframework.boot' version '3.4.0'
   id 'io.spring.dependency-management' version '1.1.6'
   id 'org.graalvm.buildtools.native' version '0.10.3'
   id 'org.cyclonedx.bom' version '1.10.0'
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ apply plugin: 'io.spring.javaformat'
 gradle.startParameter.excludedTaskNames += [ "checkFormatAot", "checkFormatAotTest" ]
 
 group = 'org.springframework.samples'
-version = '3.3.0'
+version = '3.4.0'
 
 java {
   sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
@@ -25,12 +25,16 @@ repositories {
   mavenCentral()
 }
 
-ext.checkstyleVersion = "10.20.0"
+ext.checkstyleVersion = "10.20.1"
 ext.springJavaformatCheckstyleVersion = "0.0.43"
+ext.webjarsLocatorLiteVersion = "1.0.1"
 ext.webjarsFontawesomeVersion = "4.7.0"
 ext.webjarsBootstrapVersion = "5.3.3"
 
 dependencies {
+  // Workaround for AOT issue (https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/pull/33949) -->
+  implementation 'io.projectreactor:reactor-core'
+
   implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-cache'
   implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-jpa'
   implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf'
@@ -39,6 +43,7 @@ dependencies {
   implementation 'javax.cache:cache-api'
   implementation 'jakarta.xml.bind:jakarta.xml.bind-api'
   runtimeOnly 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator'
+  runtimeOnly "org.webjars:webjars-locator-lite:${webjarsLocatorLiteVersion}"
   runtimeOnly "org.webjars.npm:bootstrap:${webjarsBootstrapVersion}"
   runtimeOnly "org.webjars.npm:font-awesome:${webjarsFontawesomeVersion}"
   runtimeOnly 'com.github.ben-manes.caffeine:caffeine'