I have upgraded log4j to 2.17.0 but it is trying to download old version and new version .Have tried to exclude the 2.11.0 version but still is getting to download the old version and new version as well. Can anyone help me please how to exclude the old version .Since I was facing some version compatibility issues I have not upgraded to higher version .So can anyone let me know the reason why it is showing old version still
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        <groupId>com.sample</groupId>
        <artifactId>Service</artifactId>
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        <packaging>jar</packaging>
    
        <name>Service</name>
        <description>Project for  Service</description>
    
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            <dependency>
                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
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