Failing to start application post Camel Quarkus and JDK version upgrade

Issue

Error during the start up, after upgrading the JDK version from 11 to 17 with CEQ version from 2.7.1.Final to 3.8.4.SP2-redhat-00001 with JPA component:

2025-04-10 00:56:45,416 ERROR [io.qua.run.Application] (Quarkus Main Thread) Failed to start application (with profile [dev]): java.lang.RuntimeException: Failed to start quarkus
    at io.quarkus.runner.ApplicationImpl.doStart(Unknown Source)
    at io.quarkus.runtime.Application.start(Application.java:101)
    at io.quarkus.runtime.ApplicationLifecycleManager.run(ApplicationLifecycleManager.java:111)
    at io.quarkus.runtime.Quarkus.run(Quarkus.java:71)
    at io.quarkus.runtime.Quarkus.run(Quarkus.java:44)
    at io.quarkus.runtime.Quarkus.run(Quarkus.java:124)
    at io.quarkus.runner.GeneratedMain.main(Unknown Source)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:77)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:568)
    at io.quarkus.runner.bootstrap.StartupActionImpl$1.run(StartupActionImpl.java:113)
    at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:833)
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/springframework/orm/jpa/LocalEntityManagerFactoryBean
    at org.apache.camel.component.jpa.JpaEndpoint.createEntityManagerFactory(JpaEndpoint.java:572)
    at org.apache.camel.component.jpa.JpaEndpoint.getEntityManagerFactory(JpaEndpoint.java:238)
    at org.apache.camel.component.jpa.JpaEndpoint.validate(JpaEndpoint.java:568)
    at org.apache.camel.component.jpa.JpaEndpoint.createProducer(JpaEndpoint.java:133)
    at org.apache.camel.support.DefaultEndpoint.createAsyncProducer(DefaultEndpoint.java:199)
    at org.apache.camel.processor.SendProcessor.doStart(SendProcessor.java:315)
    at org.apache.camel.support.service.BaseService.start(BaseService.java:113)
    at org.apache.camel.support.service.ServiceHelper.startService(ServiceHelper.java:126)
    at org.apache.camel.support.service.ServiceHelper.startService(ServiceHelper.java:113)
    at org.apache.camel.support.service.ServiceHelper.startService(ServiceHelper.java:153)
    at org.apache.camel.processor.errorhandler.RedeliveryErrorHandler.doStart(RedeliveryErrorHandler.java:1700)
    at org.apache.camel.support.ChildServiceSupport.start(ChildServiceSupport.java:60)
    at org.apache.camel.support.service.ServiceHelper.startService(ServiceHelper.java:126)
    at org.apache.camel.support.service.ServiceHelper.startService(ServiceHelper.java:113)
    at org.apache.camel.support.service.ServiceHelper.startService(ServiceHelper.java:153)
    at org.apache.camel.impl.engine.DefaultChannel.doStart(DefaultChannel.java:129)
    at org.apache.camel.support.service.BaseService.start(BaseService.java:113)
    at org.apache.camel.support.service.ServiceHelper.startService(ServiceHelper.java:126)
    at org.apache.camel.support.service.ServiceHelper.startService(ServiceHelper.java:113)
    at org.apache.camel.support.service.ServiceHelper.startService(ServiceHelper.java:139)
    at org.apache.camel.support.service.ServiceHelper.startService(ServiceHelper.java:115)
    at org.apache.camel.support.service.ServiceHelper.startService(ServiceHelper.java:153)
    at org.apache.camel.processor.Pipeline.doStart(Pipeline.java:205)
    at org.apache.camel.support.service.BaseService.start(BaseService.java:113)
    at org.apache.camel.support.service.ServiceHelper.startService(ServiceHelper.java:126)
    at org.apache.camel.support.service.ServiceHelper.startService(ServiceHelper.java:113)
    at org.apache.camel.support.processor.DelegateAsyncProcessor.doStart(DelegateAsyncProcessor.java:89)
    at org.apache.camel.support.service.BaseService.start(BaseService.java:113)
    at org.apache.camel.support.service.ServiceHelper.startService(ServiceHelper.java:126)
    at org.apache.camel.impl.engine.RouteService.startChildServices(RouteService.java:395)
    at org.apache.camel.impl.engine.RouteService.doWarmUp(RouteService.java:192)
    at org.apache.camel.impl.engine.RouteService.warmUp(RouteService.java:120)
    at org.apache.camel.impl.engine.InternalRouteStartupManager.doWarmUpRoutes(InternalRouteStartupManager.java:308)
    at org.apache.camel.impl.engine.InternalRouteStartupManager.safelyStartRouteServices(InternalRouteStartupManager.java:187)
    at org.apache.camel.impl.engine.InternalRouteStartupManager.doStartOrResumeRoutes(InternalRouteStartupManager.java:144)
    at org.apache.camel.impl.engine.AbstractCamelContext.doStartCamel(AbstractCamelContext.java:2799)
    at org.apache.camel.impl.engine.AbstractCamelContext.doStartContext(AbstractCamelContext.java:2480)
    at org.apache.camel.impl.engine.AbstractCamelContext.doStart(AbstractCamelContext.java:2435)
    at org.apache.camel.support.service.BaseService.start(BaseService.java:113)
    at org.apache.camel.impl.engine.AbstractCamelContext.start(AbstractCamelContext.java:2040)
    at org.apache.camel.impl.DefaultCamelContext.start(DefaultCamelContext.java:212)
    at org.apache.camel.quarkus.main.CamelMain.doStart(CamelMain.java:94)
    at org.apache.camel.support.service.BaseService.start(BaseService.java:113)
    at org.apache.camel.quarkus.main.CamelMain.startEngine(CamelMain.java:140)
    at org.apache.camel.quarkus.main.CamelMainRuntime.start(CamelMainRuntime.java:49)
    at org.apache.camel.quarkus.core.CamelBootstrapRecorder.start(CamelBootstrapRecorder.java:45)
    at io.quarkus.deployment.steps.CamelBootstrapProcessor$boot173480958.deploy_0(Unknown Source)
    at io.quarkus.deployment.steps.CamelBootstrapProcessor$boot173480958.deploy(Unknown Source)
    ... 13 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalEntityManagerFactoryBean
    at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.loadClass(BuiltinClassLoader.java:641)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoaders.java:188)
    at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:520)
    at io.quarkus.bootstrap.classloading.QuarkusClassLoader.loadClass(QuarkusClassLoader.java:518)
    at io.quarkus.bootstrap.classloading.QuarkusClassLoader.loadClass(QuarkusClassLoader.java:468)
    ... 61 more