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 abc1098e8d3..2a3c36c19f7 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
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.springframework.boot.build.classpath;
 
+import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.TreeSet;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
@@ -35,6 +36,11 @@ import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskAction;
  */
 public class CheckClasspathForProhibitedDependencies extends DefaultTask {
 
+	private static final Set<String> PROHIBITED_GROUPS = Set.of("org.codehaus.groovy", "org.eclipse.jetty.toolchain",
+			"commons-logging", "org.apache.geronimo.specs", "com.sun.activation");
+
+	private static final Set<String> PERMITTED_JAVAX_GROUPS = Set.of("javax.batch", "javax.cache", "javax.money");
+
 	private Configuration classpath;
 
 	public CheckClasspathForProhibitedDependencies() {
@@ -69,38 +75,20 @@ 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;
-		}
-		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;
-		}
-		if (group.startsWith("org.jboss.spec")) {
-			return true;
-		}
-		if (group.equals("org.apache.geronimo.specs")) {
-			return true;
-		}
-		return group.equals("com.sun.activation");
+		return PROHIBITED_GROUPS.contains(id.getGroup()) || prohibitedJavax(id) || prohibitedSlf4j(id)
+				|| prohibitedJbossSpec(id);
+	}
+
+	private boolean prohibitedSlf4j(ModuleVersionIdentifier id) {
+		return id.getGroup().equals("org.slf4j") && id.getName().equals("jcl-over-slf4j");
+	}
+
+	private boolean prohibitedJbossSpec(ModuleVersionIdentifier id) {
+		return id.getGroup().startsWith("org.jboss.spec");
+	}
+
+	private boolean prohibitedJavax(ModuleVersionIdentifier id) {
+		return id.getGroup().startsWith("javax.") && !PERMITTED_JAVAX_GROUPS.contains(id.getGroup());
 	}
 
 }
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);
 	}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/LoggingSystemProperties.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/LoggingSystemProperties.java
index a39c8afbdb0..51a03bb308e 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/LoggingSystemProperties.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/LoggingSystemProperties.java
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ public class LoggingSystemProperties {
 		if (this.environment instanceof ConfigurableEnvironment configurableEnvironment) {
 			PropertySourcesPropertyResolver resolver = new PropertySourcesPropertyResolver(
 					configurableEnvironment.getPropertySources());
-			resolver.setConversionService(((ConfigurableEnvironment) this.environment).getConversionService());
+			resolver.setConversionService(configurableEnvironment.getConversionService());
 			resolver.setIgnoreUnresolvableNestedPlaceholders(true);
 			return resolver;
 		}
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/embedded/tomcat/NestedJarResourceSet.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/embedded/tomcat/NestedJarResourceSet.java
index 47a9f5b5711..6e6606c6a67 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/embedded/tomcat/NestedJarResourceSet.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/embedded/tomcat/NestedJarResourceSet.java
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class NestedJarResourceSet extends AbstractSingleArchiveResourceSet {
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		return this.multiRelease.booleanValue();
+		return this.multiRelease;
 	}
 
 	@Override