title: Getting Project 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-parent:2.6.0-SNAPSHOT' not found
body: <p>I am trying to create a spring boot project in IntelliJ Idea. I tried creating a project from Spring initializr. But when I unzip it and run it on my IDE, it keeps repeating the same error:</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>Project 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-parent:2.6.0-SNAPSHOT' not found</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>Tried using other versions of Spring Boot, but still the same error. I have also tried solutions provided on other posts earlier, but none of them work for me.</p>
  <p>my pom.xml file</p>
  <pre><code>&lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot; encoding=&quot;UTF-8&quot;?&gt;
  &lt;project xmlns=&quot;http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0&quot; xmlns:xsi=&quot;http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance&quot;
      xsi:schemaLocation=&quot;http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd&quot;&gt;
      &lt;modelVersion&gt;4.0.0&lt;/modelVersion&gt;
      &lt;parent&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.springframework.boot&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;spring-boot-starter-parent&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;2.6.0-SNAPSHOT&lt;/version&gt;
          &lt;relativePath/&gt; &lt;!-- lookup parent from repository --&gt;
      &lt;/parent&gt;
      &lt;groupId&gt;com.upgrad&lt;/groupId&gt;
      &lt;artifactId&gt;demoApp&lt;/artifactId&gt;
      &lt;version&gt;0.0.1-SNAPSHOT&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;name&gt;demoApp&lt;/name&gt;
      &lt;description&gt;Demo project for Spring Boot&lt;/description&gt;
      &lt;properties&gt;
          &lt;java.version&gt;16&lt;/java.version&gt;
      &lt;/properties&gt;
      &lt;dependencies&gt;
          &lt;dependency&gt;
              &lt;groupId&gt;org.springframework.boot&lt;/groupId&gt;
              &lt;artifactId&gt;spring-boot-starter-web&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;/dependency&gt;
  
          &lt;dependency&gt;
              &lt;groupId&gt;org.springframework.boot&lt;/groupId&gt;
              &lt;artifactId&gt;spring-boot-starter-test&lt;/artifactId&gt;
              &lt;scope&gt;test&lt;/scope&gt;
          &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;/dependencies&gt;
  
      &lt;build&gt;
          &lt;plugins&gt;
              &lt;plugin&gt;
                  &lt;groupId&gt;org.springframework.boot&lt;/groupId&gt;
                  &lt;artifactId&gt;spring-boot-maven-plugin&lt;/artifactId&gt;
              &lt;/plugin&gt;
          &lt;/plugins&gt;
      &lt;/build&gt;
      &lt;repositories&gt;
          &lt;repository&gt;
              &lt;id&gt;spring-milestones&lt;/id&gt;
              &lt;name&gt;Spring Milestones&lt;/name&gt;
              &lt;url&gt;https://repo.spring.io/milestone&lt;/url&gt;
  
          &lt;/repository&gt;
          &lt;repository&gt;
              &lt;id&gt;spring-snapshots&lt;/id&gt;
              &lt;name&gt;Spring Snapshots&lt;/name&gt;
              &lt;url&gt;https://repo.spring.io/snapshot&lt;/url&gt;
  
          &lt;/repository&gt;
      &lt;/repositories&gt;
      &lt;pluginRepositories&gt;
          &lt;pluginRepository&gt;
              &lt;id&gt;spring-milestones&lt;/id&gt;
              &lt;name&gt;Spring Milestones&lt;/name&gt;
              &lt;url&gt;https://repo.spring.io/milestone&lt;/url&gt;
  
          &lt;/pluginRepository&gt;
          &lt;pluginRepository&gt;
              &lt;id&gt;spring-snapshots&lt;/id&gt;
              &lt;name&gt;Spring Snapshots&lt;/name&gt;
              &lt;url&gt;https://repo.spring.io/snapshot&lt;/url&gt;
  
          &lt;/pluginRepository&gt;
      &lt;/pluginRepositories&gt;
  
  &lt;/project&gt;
  </code></pre>
  <p>Thanks!</p>