spring-boot 3.0.12 uses JOOQ 3.17.16 as mentioned here.
Can someone let me know if JOOQ 3.18.x compatible with spring-boot 3.0.12? What is the general compatibility guideline between JOOQ and spring-boot versions?
It is answered here
We list our managed versions in an appendix of the reference documentation. You should be able to safely assume that any patch version of jOOQ that's in the same minor generation will be compatible. Upgrading or downgrading to a different minor hasn't been tested and may or may not work depending on jOOQ's forwards and backwards compatibility.
To avoid duplication of information, we choose not to document things beyond what's in the appendix. By looking at the appendix for various versions of Spring Boot, you'll be able to learn which versions of jOOQ are used by default.