package cucumber.api.java.en does not exist cucumber

Question

I am trying to run my cucumber tests with maven and junit. When i use the cucumber keywords @given, @when etc., it is showing error as package cucumber.api.java.en does not exist. I tried with maven version 3.3.9 and below is my pom.xml. I don't know whether it is a dependency mismatch or anything else. Can any one help me in this.

pom.xml:

     <dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
        <artifactId>cucumber-java</artifactId>
        <version>1.2.5</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
        <artifactId>cucumber-core</artifactId>
        <version>1.2.5</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
        <artifactId>gherkin</artifactId>
        <version>2.12.2</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
        <artifactId>cucumber-junit</artifactId>
        <version>1.2.5</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>junit</groupId>
        <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
        <version>4.11</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
    <!-- <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>2.19.1</version>
        <type>maven-plugin</type>
    </dependency> -->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
        <version>3.3.9</version>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>

 <build>
    <plugins>
        <plugin>
            <artifactId>
                maven-compiler-plugin
            </artifactId>
            <version>3.5.1</version>
            <!-- <configuration>
                <source>1.7</source>
                <target>1.7</target>
                <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
            </configuration> -->
        </plugin>
    </plugins>
</build>

Solution

Place your TestRunner.java class and the step definitions under src/test/java directory and feature files under src/test/resources directory

Comments

[Stephen]

Thank you Mike, I am able to solve this issue by placing my stepdefs file in test folder under src.

[bonh]

@Stephen would you be willing to add your comment as an answer and accept it? I made the same mistake -- I put the step definitions under src/main/java instead of src/test/java.

[hjr2000]

Thankyou @Aditya, I had an old Maven project which wasn't set up correctly and this helped me out.