Here are my pom.xml dependencies generated from https://start.spring.io

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-mongodb-reactive</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-webflux</artifactId>
</dependency>

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
    <scope>test</scope>
    <exclusions>
        <exclusion>
            <groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
            <artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
        </exclusion>
    </exclusions>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>io.projectreactor</groupId>
    <artifactId>reactor-test</artifactId>
    <scope>test</scope>
</dependency>

To reproduce this issue, just @Autowire MongoOperations ops. This configuration works with 2.2.6.RELEASE without any issues.

The error is:

Consider defining a bean of type 'org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoOperations' in your configuration.

Comment From: snicoll

MongoOperations is the imperative (non reactive) variant. The new MongoDB driver has harmonized their infrastructure with a clear split so that is expected. If you need the imperative variant, you need to add spring-boot-starter-data-mongodb.

I've polished the release notes to reflect that information.