java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication Maven

Question

I\'m trying to create a spring mvc application. This is my pom.xml

Answer 1

Adding below to pom.xml solved my problem

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">