buildscript { ext { springBootVersion = '2.0.0.M7' } repositories { mavenCentral() maven { url "https://repo.spring.io/snapshot" } maven { url "https://repo.spring.io/milestone" } } dependencies { classpath("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:${springBootVersion}") } } apply plugin: 'java' apply plugin: 'eclipse' apply plugin: 'org.springframework.boot' apply plugin: 'io.spring.dependency-management' version = '0.0.1-SNAPSHOT' sourceCompatibility = 1.8 repositories { mavenCentral() maven { url "https://repo.spring.io/snapshot" } maven { url "https://repo.spring.io/milestone" } } dependencies { compile('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web') // SOLUTION: XML response // compile('com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-xml') testCompile('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test') }