buildscript { ext { springBootVersion = '1.5.4.RELEASE' } repositories { mavenCentral() } dependencies { classpath("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:${springBootVersion}") } } apply plugin: 'java' apply plugin: 'eclipse' apply plugin: 'org.springframework.boot' version = '0.0.1-SNAPSHOT' sourceCompatibility = 11 repositories { mavenLocal() mavenCentral() } dependencies { compile('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-jpa') compile('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-rest') compile('com.h2database:h2:1.4.196') // add jaxb since it's no longer available in Java 11 runtime('javax.xml.bind:jaxb-api:2.3.1') testCompile('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test') }