https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/springframework/boot/spring-boot-dependencies/2.3.3.RELEASE/spring-boot-dependencies-2.3.3.RELEASE.pom has the property <spring-boot.version>2.3.3.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>. https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/springframework/boot/spring-boot-dependencies/2.3.4.RELEASE/spring-boot-dependencies-2.3.4.RELEASE.pom does not.
This is important since some projects use a spring-cloud-starter-parent and don't know which version is included. Can this value be added back to future releases 2.4.X?
Comment From: wilkinsona
I'm afraid not, no. Its inclusion was accidental. Please see https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/issues/23174 for details. To see a complete view of your project's dependency management, including that inherited from a parent, you can use mvn help:effective-pom.