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Dependencies for your project are defined in the `dependencies` block. In general, you can follow the https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/dependency_management_for_java_projects.html[Gradle documentation on dependency management] to understand how to configure additional dependencies.

The default dependencies for the Grails Web application can be seen below:

[source,groovy]
----
dependencies {
    profile "org.apache.grails.profiles:web"
    testAndDevelopmentOnly "org.webjars.npm:bootstrap"
    testAndDevelopmentOnly "org.webjars.npm:bootstrap-icons"
    testAndDevelopmentOnly "org.webjars.npm:jquery"
    implementation platform("org.apache.grails:grails-bom:$grailsVersion")
    implementation "org.apache.grails:grails-core"
    implementation "org.apache.grails:grails-logging"
    implementation "org.apache.grails:grails-databinding"
    implementation "org.apache.grails:grails-interceptors"
    implementation "org.apache.grails:grails-rest-transforms"
    implementation "org.apache.grails:grails-services"
    implementation "org.apache.grails:grails-url-mappings"
    implementation "org.apache.grails:grails-web-boot"
    implementation "org.apache.grails:grails-gsp"
    implementation "org.apache.grails:grails-data-hibernate5"
    implementation "org.apache.grails:grails-scaffolding"
    implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-autoconfigure"
    implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter"
    implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator"
    implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-logging"
    implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-tomcat"
    implementation "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-validation"
    console "org.apache.grails:grails-console"
    runtimeOnly "cloud.wondrify:asset-pipeline-grails"
    runtimeOnly "com.h2database:h2"
    runtimeOnly "com.zaxxer:HikariCP"
    runtimeOnly "org.fusesource.jansi:jansi"
    integrationTestImplementation testFixtures("org.apache.grails:grails-geb")
    testImplementation "org.apache.grails:grails-testing-support-datamapping"
    testImplementation "org.apache.grails:grails-testing-support-web"
    testImplementation "org.spockframework:spock-core"
}
----

Note that version numbers are not present in the majority of the dependencies.

This is thanks to the Spring dependency management plugin which automatically configures `grails-bom` as a Maven BOM via the Grails Gradle Plugin.  This defines the default dependency versions for most commonly used dependencies and plugins.

For a Grails App, applying `org.apache.grails.gradle.grails-web` will automatically configure the `grails-bom`.  No other steps required.

For Plugins and Projects which do not use `org.apache.grails.gradle.grails-web`, you can apply the `grails-bom` in one of the following two ways.

build.gradle, using Gradle Platforms:
[source,groovy]
----
dependencies {
    implementation platform("org.apache.grails:grails-bom:{GrailsVersion}")
    //...
}
----

build.gradle, using Spring dependency management plugin:
[source,groovy]
----
dependencyManagement {
    imports {
        mavenBom 'org.apache.grails:grails-bom:{GrailsVersion}'
    }
    applyMavenExclusions false
}
----
