Spring Boot 2.1.0

<p>On behalf of the Spring Boot team and everyone that has contributed, it’s my pleasure to announce that Spring Boot 2.1.0 has been released and is available now from <a href="http://repo.spring.io/release/">repo.spring.io</a>, <a href="http://search.maven.org/#search|ga|1|g%3A%22org.springframework.boot%22">Maven Central</a> and <a href="https://bintray.com/bintray/jcenter/org.springframework.boot%3Aspring-boot/view">Bintray</a>. This release adds a significant number of new features and improvements. For full <a href="https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/wiki/Spring-Boot-2.1-Release-Notes#upgrading-from-spring-boot-20">upgrade instructions</a> and <a href="https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/wiki/Spring-Boot-2.1-Release-Notes#new-and-noteworthy">new and noteworthy</a> features please see the <a href="https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/wiki/Spring-Boot-2.1-Release-Notes">release notes</a>.</p><h1><a href="#what-rsquo-s-new-in-2-1" class="anchor" name="what-rsquo-s-new-in-2-1"></a>What’s new in 2.1</h1><h2><a href="#third-party-library-upgrades" class="anchor" name="third-party-library-upgrades"></a>Third-party library upgrades</h2><p>We’ve upgraded to the latest stable releases of other third-party libraries wherever possible. Some notable dependency upgrades in this release include:</p>