"Could not resolve" error when upgrading from 1.22.0-alpha to 1.23.0-alpha (and newer versions)

[rBrda]

Describe the bug

Originally mentioned in Xray propagator not resolved in Spring Boot project.

We've got a Spring Boot project where we would like to implement Opentelemetry tracing using the io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-spring-boot-starter package.

Currently we use version 1.22.0-alpha (and other related Otel packages) since we're unable to upgrade to newer versions.

When we try to upgrade the version number from 1.22.0-alpha to 1.23.0-alpha (for example), we receive the following error message during build:

Execution failed for task ':bootJarMainClassName'.
> Could not resolve all files for configuration ':runtimeClasspath'.
   > Could not resolve io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-spring-webmvc-6.0:1.23.0-alpha.
     Required by:
         project :
         project : > io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-spring-boot-starter:1.23.0-alpha > io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-spring-boot:1.23.0-alpha
      > No matching variant of io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-spring-webmvc-6.0:1.23.0-alpha was found. The consumer was configured to find a runtime of a library compatible with Java 11, packaged as a jar, and its dependencies declared externally but:
          - Variant 'apiElements' capability io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-spring-webmvc-6.0:1.23.0-alpha declares a library, packaged as a jar, and its dependencies declared externally:
              - Incompatible because this component declares an API of a component compatible with Java 17 and the consumer needed a runtime of a component compatible with Java 11
          - Variant 'javadocElements' capability io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-spring-webmvc-6.0:1.23.0-alpha declares a runtime of a component, and its dependencies declared externally:
              - Incompatible because this component declares documentation and the consumer needed a library
              - Other compatible attributes:
                  - Doesn't say anything about its target Java version (required compatibility with Java 11)
                  - Doesn't say anything about its elements (required them packaged as a jar)
          - Variant 'runtimeElements' capability io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-spring-webmvc-6.0:1.23.0-alpha declares a runtime of a library, packaged as a jar, and its dependencies declared externally:
              - Incompatible because this component declares a component compatible with Java 17 and the consumer needed a component compatible with Java 11
          - Variant 'sourcesElements' capability io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-spring-webmvc-6.0:1.23.0-alpha declares a runtime of a component, and its dependencies declared externally:
              - Incompatible because this component declares documentation and the consumer needed a library
              - Other compatible attributes:
                  - Doesn't say anything about its target Java version (required compatibility with Java 11)
                  - Doesn't say anything about its elements (required them packaged as a jar)

Spring Boot: 2.6.6
JDK: 11.0.13
Gradle: 6.9

Steps to reproduce

Try to set up a Spring Boot project and include the io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-spring-boot-starter package with the version 1.23.0-alpha using Gradle.

Expected behavior

The io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-spring-boot-starter package can be upgraded to 1.23.0-alpha (and newer).

Actual behavior

Build fails with error message complaining about io.opentelemetry.instrumentation:opentelemetry-spring-webmvc-6.0:1.23.0-alpha that it was not found. Also we a prompted that there is a requirement for JDK 17.

Javaagent or library instrumentation version

1.23.0

Environment

JDK: 11.0.13
OS: MacOS 13.6

Additional context

No response