lombok dependency import error in intelliJ

Question

Recently, I am reading Spring In Action . When it came to using lombok dependency, I've got stuck. When I import lombok like it is described in the book:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
    <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
    <optional>true</optional>
</dependency>

IntelliJ IDEA throws following error:

fail to read artifact descriptor for org.projectlombok:lombok:jar:1.18.8

When I use the latest maven code snippet from the lombok website (which references lombok version 1.18.10, see below) the error is gone.

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
    <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
    <version>1.18.10</version>
    <scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>

But when I switch the lombok version back to 1.18.8 (see snippet below) the above-mentioned error also comes back. Why does this happen?

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
    <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
    <version>1.18.8</version>
    <scope>provided</scope>
</dependency>

Answer 1

It is possible, that your maven can't find the older lombok dependency locally. Try to update your maven project as described here .

If you get further problems with the same error message ( fail to read artifact descriptor ) check out this question .