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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+		<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
+		<version>3.5.3</version>
+		<relativePath/>
+	</parent>
+
+	<groupId>com.slotline</groupId>
+	<artifactId>slotline</artifactId>
+	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<name>slotline</name>
+	<description>Reservation platform with concurrency-safe slot booking</description>
+
+	<properties>
+		<java.version>21</java.version>
+		<springdoc.version>2.8.6</springdoc.version>
+		<jjwt.version>0.12.6</jjwt.version>
+	</properties>
+
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-validation</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springdoc</groupId>
+			<artifactId>springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-ui</artifactId>
+			<version>${springdoc.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.flywaydb</groupId>
+			<artifactId>flyway-core</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.flywaydb</groupId>
+			<artifactId>flyway-database-postgresql</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jjwt-api</artifactId>
+			<version>${jjwt.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jjwt-impl</artifactId>
+			<version>${jjwt.version}</version>
+			<scope>runtime</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jjwt-jackson</artifactId>
+			<version>${jjwt.version}</version>
+			<scope>runtime</scope>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
+			<artifactId>h2</artifactId>
+			<scope>runtime</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
+			<artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
+			<scope>runtime</scope>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-security-test</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
+			<artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
+			<artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+				<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+</project>