java.lang.ClassNotFoundException on a Spring Cloud Task

I'm trying out a simple Spring Cloud Task application. I'm currently trying to run the said application but somehow I'm ending up with a java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.example.sampletask.demotask.DemoTaskApplication.java. I'm trying to tweak the pom.xml file but I'm getting no where so far. Here's what I have as of now:

The application class:

package com.example.sampletask.demotask;

import org.springframework.boot.CommandLineRunner;
import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
import org.springframework.cloud.task.configuration.EnableTask;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;

@SpringBootApplication
@EnableTask
public class DemoTaskApplication {

	@Bean
	public CommandLineRunner commandLineRunner() {
		return new HelloWorldCommandLineRunner();
	}
	
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		SpringApplication.run(DemoTaskApplication.class, args);
	}
	
	public static class HelloWorldCommandLineRunner implements CommandLineRunner {

		public void run(String... arg0) throws Exception {
			System.out.println("Hello, World!");	
		}
	}

}

Here's my pom:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
	<parent>
		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
		<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
		<version>1.5.2.RELEASE</version>
		<relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
	</parent>
	<groupId>com.example.sampletask</groupId>
	<artifactId>demo-task</artifactId>
	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
	<name>demo-task</name>
	<description>Demo project for Spring Boot</description>

	<properties>
		<!-- <java.version>11</java.version> -->
		<start-class>com.example.sampletask.demotask.DemoTaskApplication.java</start-class>
	</properties>

	<dependencies>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
		</dependency>
		
		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
			<artifactId>spring-cloud-task-core</artifactId>
			<version>1.2.2.RELEASE</version>
		</dependency>
	</dependencies>

	<build>
		<plugins>
			<plugin>
				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
				<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
			</plugin>
		</plugins>
	</build>

</project>

And I thought I should add the application.properties as well:

logging.level.org.springframework.cloud.task=DEBUG
spring.application.name=helloWorld

What I tried so far is changing the value of the <start-class> tag couple of times but all it does is update the package mentioned in the error. Any help will be much appreciated.

I think you need to drop the .java from this line in your pom.xml:

<start-class>com.example.sampletask.demotask.DemoTaskApplication.java</start-class>

I suggest you go to start.spring.io to generate a project with the latest versions of spring-boot and spring-cloud-task though as the versions you have in your pom.xml are quite old now.