We are encountering the following error while migrating our project to Spring Boot 3.1.8:

.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'webSecurityConfig': Unsatisfied dependency expressed through method 'configure' parameter 0: No qualifying bean of type '.springframework.security.config.annotation.web.builders.WebSecurity' available: expected at least 1 bean which qualifies as autowire candidate. Dependency annotations: {}

Class Details:

import .springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
import .springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
import .springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
import .springframework.security.authentication.AuthenticationManager;
import .springframework.security.config.annotation.authentication.builders.AuthenticationManagerBuilder;
import .springframework.security.config.annotation.web.builders.HttpSecurity;
import .springframework.security.web.SecurityFilterChain;
import .springframework.security.core.userdetails.User;
import .springframework.security.crypto.bcrypt.BCryptPasswordEncoder;
import .springframework.security.crypto.password.PasswordEncoder;
import .springframework.security.web.SecurityFilterChain;
import .springframework.security.config.annotation.web.configuration.EnableWebSecurity;

@Configuration
@EnableWebSecurity
public class WebSecurityConfig {

    @Value("${swaggerUserName}")
    private String userName;

    @Value("${swaggerPassword}")
    private String password;

    @Bean
    public SecurityFilterChain securityFilterChain(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
        http
            .securityMatcher("/api/**")
            .authorizeRequests()
                .anyRequest().authenticated()  // All requests under /api/** require authentication
            .and()
            .httpBasic();  // Use HTTP Basic Authentication

        return http.build();
    }

    @Bean
    public AuthenticationManager authenticationManager(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
        AuthenticationManagerBuilder authenticationManagerBuilder = 
            http.getSharedObject(AuthenticationManagerBuilder.class);
        authenticationManagerBuilder
            .inMemoryAuthentication()
            .withUser(User.builder()
                .username(userName)
                .password(passwordEncoder().encode(password))
                .roles("USER")
                .build());

        return authenticationManagerBuilder.build();
    }

    @Bean
    public PasswordEncoder passwordEncoder() {
        return new BCryptPasswordEncoder();  
    }
}

pom.xml

    <dependency>
        <groupId>.springframework.security</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-security-web</artifactId>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>.springframework.security</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-security-config</artifactId>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
    </dependency>