Cannot access 'java.lang.Object' which is a supertype of 'org.gradle.api.artifacts.dsl.DependencyHandler'

Question

Why is my build.gradle.kts file looking like this? This is a fresh Spring Boot project generated with start.spring.io. I already tried invalidate caches / restart, rebuild, resyncing and nothing works. Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

This is what solved it:

1. Delete ~/.gradle/caches
2. Uninstall and Delete ~/Library/Application\ Support/Library/JetBrains/IntelliJIdea
3. Delete <project dir>/.gradle
4. Delete <project dir>/.idea
5. Start IDEA and reimport the project.