buildscript { ext { springBootVersion = '1.4.3.RELEASE' } repositories { mavenCentral() } dependencies { classpath("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:${springBootVersion}") } } apply plugin: 'java' apply plugin: 'eclipse' apply plugin: 'org.springframework.boot' jar { baseName = 'boot-gradle' version = '0.0.1-SNAPSHOT' } sourceCompatibility = 1.8 targetCompatibility = 1.8 repositories { mavenCentral() } dependencies { compile('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web','org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-jasper' ,'javax.servlet:jstl') testCompile('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test') }