== Confirming the Boot 4.1 Kafka module split directly against Maven Central's real POMs ==
$ curl -sS https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/springframework/boot/spring-boot-dependencies/4.1.1/spring-boot-dependencies-4.1.1.pom -o spring-boot-dependencies-4.1.1.pom
$ grep -B3 'spring-boot-kafka' spring-boot-dependencies-4.1.1.pom
org.springframework.boot
spring-boot-kafka
$ curl -sS https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/springframework/boot/spring-boot-starter-kafka/4.1.1/spring-boot-starter-kafka-4.1.1.pom | grep -A2 ''
spring-boot-starter-kafka
4.1.1
spring-boot-starter-kafka
--
spring-boot-starter
4.1.1
compile
--
spring-boot-kafka
4.1.1
compile
$ curl -sS https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/springframework/boot/spring-boot-kafka/4.1.1/spring-boot-kafka-4.1.1.pom | grep -A2 ''
spring-boot-kafka
4.1.1
spring-boot-kafka
--
spring-boot
4.1.1
compile
--
spring-boot-transaction
4.1.1
compile
--
spring-kafka
4.1.1
compile