Spring Boot Upgrade Error - Invalid bean definition with name org.springframework.transaction.config.internalTransactionalEventListenerFactory

Question

In an attempt to upgrade spring boot to the latest version 2.1.1 & spring framework to 5.1.3 in a java based web application, I get the following error

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Answer 1

I was having a similar problem with my tests after an update to Spring Boot 2.1. In my case was solved setting the property spring.main.allow-bean-definition-overriding to true. Maybe this can help in your case too.