Revert SB to 2.7.18 for backwards compatibility

Revert SB to 2.7.18 for backwards compatibility

#304

Author: smcvb

pom.xml

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
         <jgroups.version>4.2.28.Final</jgroups.version>
 
         <spring.version>5.3.37</spring.version>
-        <spring.boot.version>3.3.1</spring.boot.version>
+        <spring.boot.version>2.7.18</spring.boot.version>
 
         <slf4j.version>2.0.13</slf4j.version>
         <log4j.version>2.23.1</log4j.version>