Merge branch '3.2.x'

Closes gh-40545

buildSrc/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/build/MavenRepositoryPlugin.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2023 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 import org.gradle.api.publish.PublishingExtension;
 import org.gradle.api.publish.maven.plugins.MavenPublishPlugin;
 
+import org.springframework.util.FileSystemUtils;
+
 /**
  * A plugin to make a project's {@code deployment} publication available as a Maven
  * repository. The repository can be consumed by depending upon the project using the
@@ -112,7 +114,7 @@ private CleanAction(File location) {
 
 		@Override
 		public void execute(Task task) {
-			task.getProject().delete(this.location);
+			FileSystemUtils.deleteRecursively(this.location);
 		}
 
 	}