title: SpringBoot/Swagger: Correct the classpath of your application so that it contains compatible versions
body: <p>i am getting the following error after i start my spring boot application including swagger:</p>
  <p>Correct the classpath of your application so that it contains compatible versions of the classes org.springframework.hateoas.server.core.DelegatingLinkRelationProvider and org.springframework.plugin.core.PluginRegistry</p>
  <p>This is my pom.xml:</p>
  <pre><code>&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;2.7.0&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;relativePath/&gt; &lt;!-- lookup parent from repository --&gt;
  &lt;/parent&gt;
  &lt;groupId&gt;de.coerdevelopment&lt;/groupId&gt;
  &lt;artifactId&gt;higherlower&lt;/artifactId&gt;
  &lt;version&gt;0.0.1-SNAPSHOT&lt;/version&gt;
  &lt;name&gt;HigherLowerServer&lt;/name&gt;
  &lt;description&gt;HigherLowerServer&lt;/description&gt;
  &lt;properties&gt;
      &lt;java.version&gt;17&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-data-rest&lt;/artifactId&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&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-web-services&lt;/artifactId&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
  
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;mysql&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;mysql-connector-java&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;scope&gt;runtime&lt;/scope&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;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;io.springfox&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;springfox-swagger2&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;2.9.2&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;io.springfox&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;springfox-swagger-ui&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;2.9.2&lt;/version&gt;
      &lt;/dependency&gt;
      &lt;dependency&gt;
          &lt;groupId&gt;org.springframework.plugin&lt;/groupId&gt;
          &lt;artifactId&gt;spring-plugin-core&lt;/artifactId&gt;
          &lt;version&gt;2.0.0.RELEASE&lt;/version&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;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Some suggestions how to fix it?</p>