fix: scope test for spring boot and version mgnt

pom.xml

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
   </distributionManagement>
 
   <properties>
+    <spring.boot.version>3.3.3</spring.boot.version>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <spotbugs-maven-plugin.version>4.8.6.1</spotbugs-maven-plugin.version>
     <spotbugs.version>4.8.6</spotbugs.version>
@@ -270,6 +271,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>${spring.boot.version}</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>process-test-aot</id>
@@ -512,7 +514,8 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
-      <version>3.3.3</version>
+      <version>${spring.boot.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <!-- This is needed in order to force junit4 and JTH tests to use newer hamcrest version -->
     <dependency>