For full upgrade instructions and new and noteworthy features please see the release notes.

:star: New Features

• Allow to generate parent pom reference without relativePath #1296
• Migrate to new official Maven Wrapper #1294
• Upgrade to Gradle 6.9.2 #1293
• Ensure Gradle tasks are configured lazily #1292

:notebook_with_decorative_cover: Documentation

• Document how to configure Kotlin version resolution #1280

:hammer: Dependency Upgrades

• Upgrade to Gradle 7.3.3 #1299
• Upgrade to Maven 3.8.4 #1298
• Upgrade to Maven Resolver 1.7.3 #1300
• Upgrade to Maven Resolver Provider 3.8.4 #1301
• Upgrade to Spring Boot 2.6.3 #1302

:heart: Contributors

We'd like to thank all the contributors who worked on this release!

• @prtnv
• @vpavic
• @rbleuse