What causes java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/openqa/selenium/internal/Require when using WebDriverManager 5.0.3

Question

I have a spring boot application, that I want to test with Selenium. I'm using WebDriverManager v5.0.3

When settin up the WebDriver WebDriverManager.chromedriver().setup(); I get an exception:

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/openqa/selenium/internal/Require

or

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.openqa.selenium.internal.FindsById

My pom.xml contains this:

        <dependency>
            <groupId>io.github.bonigarcia</groupId>
            <artifactId>webdrivermanager</artifactId>
            <version>5.0.3</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
            <artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
            <version>4.1.0</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
            <artifactId>selenium-api</artifactId>
            <version>4.1.0</version>
        </dependency>

Answer 1

There is an incompatibility between WebDriverManager v5.0.3 and Selenium v4. After Downgrading Selenium to the latest v3 subversion, everything works.

Update: As of the comment below it works with WebDriverManager >=v5.1.0

        <dependency>
            <groupId>io.github.bonigarcia</groupId>
            <artifactId>webdrivermanager</artifactId>
            <version>5.0.3</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
            <artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
            <version>3.141.59</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
            <artifactId>selenium-api</artifactId>
            <version>3.141.59</version>
        </dependency>