Binding to target org.springframework.cloud.gateway.config.GatewayProperties failed

I tried simple spring cloud gateway applicatinn and I'm getting this error, though I have provided the provided the configs in my application.properties.

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APPLICATION FAILED TO START
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Description:

Binding to target org.springframework.cloud.gateway.config.GatewayProperties failed:

    Property: spring.cloud.gateway.server.webflux.routes[0].uri
    Value: "null"
    Reason: must not be null


Action:

Update your application's configuration

application.properties
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spring.cloud.discovery.enabled=true
spring.cloud.gateway.routes[0].id = hello-world
spring.cloud.gateway.routes[0].uri = http://localhost:8085/
spring.cloud.gateway.routes[0].predicates[0] = Path=/hello

### TRIED THESE PROPERTIES ALSO #####
#spring.cloud.gateway.server.webflux.routes[0].id=hello-world
#spring.cloud.gateway.server.webflux.routes[0].uri=http://localhost:8085/
#spring.cloud.gateway.server.webflux.routes[0].predicates[0]=Path=/hello

pom.xml
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <artifactId>gateway</artifactId>
    <groupId>org.example</groupId>
    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <properties>
        <maven.compiler.source>21</maven.compiler.source>
        <maven.compiler.target>21</maven.compiler.target>
        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
    </properties>

    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-webflux</artifactId>
            <version>3.5.2</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-gateway-server-webflux</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <!--<dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-gateway</artifactId>
            <exclusions>
                <exclusion>
                    <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
                    <artifactId>spring-cloud-gateway-server</artifactId>
                </exclusion>
            </exclusions>
        </dependency>-->
    </dependencies>

    <dependencyManagement>
        <dependencies>
            <dependency>
                <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
                <artifactId>spring-cloud-dependencies</artifactId>
                <version>2025.0.0</version>
                <type>pom</type>
                <scope>import</scope>
            </dependency>
        </dependencies>
    </dependencyManagement>
</project>

Main Application
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@SpringBootApplication
public class GatewayApplication {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SpringApplication.run(GatewayApplication.class, args);
    }
}

Start by reproducing the startup failure with the provided application.properties and pom.xml, then inspect how the GatewayApplication loads the GatewayProperties route configuration. Done means the sample application starts successfully and the route's URI binds without the reported null-value error.