Maven dependencies and plugins not working ( IDE and CLI )

Question

**I have the below pom. when attempting to build, I am getting the below described error. I tried the below :

1. Delete .m2 directory and build again.
2. reinstalled maven I am not behind a proxy as I was able to ping the maven repo from CLI. appreciate any help.**

pom file :

4.0.0

<parent>
    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
    <version>2.5.5</version>
    <relativePath/>
</parent>

<groupId>com.test.tested</groupId>
<artifactId>global-pom</artifactId>
<version>draft</version>
<packaging>pom</packaging>
<name>global-pom</name>

<properties>
    <java.version>1.8</java.version>
    <spring.boot.version>2.5.5</spring.boot.version>
    <spring.version>5.3.10</spring.version>
    <mssql.driver.version>7.4.1.jre8</mssql.driver.version>
    <secfin.version>draft</secfin.version>
    <apache.common.version>3.11</apache.common.version>

</properties>

<dependencies>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-jdbc</artifactId>
        <version>${spring.boot.version}</version>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
        <version>${spring.version}</version>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
        <version>${spring.boot.version}</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
        <version>${spring.boot.version}</version>
        <exclusions>
            <exclusion>
                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-logging</artifactId>
            </exclusion>
        </exclusions>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.microsoft.sqlserver</groupId>
        <artifactId>mssql-jdbc</artifactId>
        <version>${mssql.driver.version}</version>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
        <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
        <version>1.2.6</version>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>ch.qos.logback.contrib</groupId>
        <artifactId>logback-jackson</artifactId>
        <version>0.1.5</version>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>ch.qos.logback.contrib</groupId>
        <artifactId>logback-json-classic</artifactId>
        <version>0.1.5</version>
    </dependency>

</dependencies>
<build>
    <plugins>

        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>${spring.boot.version}</version>
        </plugin>

    </plugins>

</build>

Downloading from central: https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/springframework/boot/spring-boot-starter-parent/2.5.5/spring-boot-starter-parent-2.5.5.pom

[ERROR] [ERROR] Some problems were encountered while processing the POMs:

[FATAL] Non-resolvable parent POM for com.test.tested:global-pom:draft: Could not transfer artifact org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-parent:pom:2.5.5 from/to central (https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2): transfer failed for https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/springframework/boot/spring-boot-starter-parent/2.5.5/spring-boot-starter-parent-2.5.5.pom and 'parent.relativePath' points at no local POM @ line 6, column 13

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[ERROR] The build could not read 1 project -> [Help 1]

[ERROR] Non-resolvable parent POM for com.test.tested:global-pom:draft: Could not transfer artifact org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-parent:pom:2.5.5 from/to central (https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2): transfer failed for https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/springframework/boot/spring-boot-starter-parent/2.5.5/spring-boot-starter-parent-2.5.5.pom and 'parent.relativePath' points at no local POM @ line 6, column 13: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target -> [Help 2]

[ERROR]