diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/classpath/CheckClasspathForProhibitedDependencies.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/classpath/CheckClasspathForProhibitedDependencies.java
index 548344b731f..eb16949b5ac 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/classpath/CheckClasspathForProhibitedDependencies.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/classpath/CheckClasspathForProhibitedDependencies.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -70,27 +70,18 @@ public class CheckClasspathForProhibitedDependencies extends DefaultTask {
 
 	private boolean prohibited(ModuleVersionIdentifier id) {
 		String group = id.getGroup();
-		if (group.equals("javax.batch")) {
-			return false;
-		}
-		if (group.equals("javax.cache")) {
-			return false;
-		}
-		if (group.equals("javax.money")) {
-			return false;
-		}
-		if (group.equals("org.codehaus.groovy")) {
-			return true;
-		}
-		if (group.equals("org.eclipse.jetty.toolchain")) {
-			return true;
+		switch (group) {
+			case "javax.batch", "javax.cache", "javax.money" -> {
+				return false;
+			}
+			case "commons-logging", "org.codehaus.groovy", "org.eclipse.jetty.toolchain",
+					"org.apache.geronimo.specs" -> {
+				return true;
+			}
 		}
 		if (group.startsWith("javax")) {
 			return true;
 		}
-		if (group.equals("commons-logging")) {
-			return true;
-		}
 		if (group.equals("org.slf4j") && id.getName().equals("jcl-over-slf4j")) {
 			return true;
 		}
@@ -100,10 +91,7 @@ public class CheckClasspathForProhibitedDependencies extends DefaultTask {
 		if (group.equals("org.apache.geronimo.specs")) {
 			return true;
 		}
-		if (group.equals("com.sun.activation")) {
-			return true;
-		}
-		return false;
+		return group.equals("com.sun.activation");
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-test-support/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/testsupport/classpath/ModifiedClassPathExtensionForkParameterizedTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-test-support/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/testsupport/classpath/ModifiedClassPathExtensionForkParameterizedTests.java
index 2a1bc4f47e5..c2ddf1b7708 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-test-support/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/testsupport/classpath/ModifiedClassPathExtensionForkParameterizedTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-test-support/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/testsupport/classpath/ModifiedClassPathExtensionForkParameterizedTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -37,14 +37,10 @@ class ModifiedClassPathExtensionForkParameterizedTests {
 	@ParameterizedTest
 	@ValueSource(strings = { "one", "two", "three" })
 	void testIsInvokedOnceForEachArgument(String argument) {
-		if (argument.equals("one")) {
-			assertThat(arguments).isEmpty();
-		}
-		else if (argument.equals("two")) {
-			assertThat(arguments).doesNotContain("two", "three");
-		}
-		else if (argument.equals("three")) {
-			assertThat(arguments).doesNotContain("three");
+		switch (argument) {
+			case "one" -> assertThat(arguments).isEmpty();
+			case "two" -> assertThat(arguments).doesNotContain("two", "three");
+			case "three" -> assertThat(arguments).doesNotContain("three");
 		}
 		arguments.add(argument);
 	}