spring boot build package org.junit does not exist

Question

I am receiving below compilation error while building Spring Boot application in a build env. However I don't see any error while running Junit test or building(package) it locally on my machine -

src/main/java/com/abc/tests/AbcTest.java : package org.junit does not exist

Here is my pom.xml -

<parent>
    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
    <version>1.5.9.RELEASE</version>
    <relativePath />
</parent>
<dependencies>........
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
        <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>

Here are the Steps i tried with no success -
1. placing explicit dependency on junit 4.12 as well as [4.12] in dependency section.

<dependency>
    <groupId>junit</groupId>
    <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
    <version>4.12</version>
    <scope>test</scope>  
</dependency> 

2. adding maven-surefire-plugin with and without version 2.18.1 of plugin
   

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
    <configuration>
        <junitArtifactName> junit:junit:4.12</junitArtifactName>
    </configuration>
</plugin>

Is there any other way to force the build process to use 4.12 junit version within pom.xml instead of picking some old version like 3.8 ?

Thanks

Solution

You have put your test inside the main/java instead of test/java: src/main/java/com/abc/tests/AbcTest.java

The Junit dependency has the <scope>test</scope> so it is only visible to sources inside the test/java during the build time.