java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not load CacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate unit test spring [Java]

Question

Unit Testing with Spring framework - Java

I got the below error when I run the spring unit test with a java context

java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not load CacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate [org.springframework.test.context.cache.DefaultCacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate]

My pom.xml have these dependencies but still faced this issue when i run my test case

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
            <version>6.0.3</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>junit</groupId>
            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
            <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
            <version>4.5.1</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>

My current version of spring and java

    <parent>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
        <version>2.7.7</version>
        <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
    </parent>
    <groupId>com.example</groupId>
    <artifactId>demo</artifactId>
    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <name>demo</name>
    <description>Demo project for Spring Boot</description>
    <properties>
        <java.version>11</java.version>
    </properties>

I just change my pom.xml, remove the version then run, it worked perfectly

      <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency> 

Answer 1

Nothing wrong with the code. I just change my pom.xml, remove the version from org.springframework then run, it worked perfectly

      <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>junit</groupId>
            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
            <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>

Removing unwanted dependencies from the maven build resolved the issue.

Yahoo!! Great

Note: SNAPSHOT, M1, M2, M3, and M4 releases typically WORK IN PROGRESS. The Spring team is still working on them, Recommend NOT using them.