Error "cannot access org.openqa.selenium.ContextAware" when compiling Selenium/Appium project with Maven

Question

I'm working on a project using Selenium and Appium to test a PWA. Until recently, everything was working fine, but now when I try to compile my project, I get the following error:.

cannot access org.openqa.selenium.ContextAware class file for org.openqa.selenium.ContextAware not found

I have tried modifying my Maven dependencies in the pom.xml, but I haven’t been able to resolve the issue.

Below is my current pom.xml configuration:

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 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>
  <groupId>org.example</groupId>
  <artifactId>automation-framework</artifactId>
  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
  <build>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
        <configuration>
          <source>16</source>
          <target>16</target>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>
  <properties>
    <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
    <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
  </properties>
  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
      <artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
      <version>4.0.0</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
      <artifactId>cucumber-java</artifactId>
      <version>7.0.0</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
      <artifactId>cucumber-testng</artifactId>
      <version>7.0.0</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
      <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
      <version>3.12.0</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
      <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
      <version>1.5.18</version>
      <scope>compile</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
      <artifactId>cucumber-picocontainer</artifactId>
      <version>7.0.0</version>
      <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>junit</groupId>
      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
      <version>3.8.1</version>
      <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>io.appium</groupId>
      <artifactId>java-client</artifactId>
      <version>9.4.0</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
      <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
      <version>7.11.0</version>
      <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>
</project>

Could anyone help me understand what might be causing this error and how to fix it?

Answer 1

Upgrade to - it should work

<dependency>
    <groupId>io.appium</groupId>
    <artifactId>java-client</artifactId>
    <version>9.5.0</version>
</dependency>