IntelliJ cannot resolve dependency: mysql-connector-java

Question

I ran into an issue where IntelliJ did not recognize the mysql-connector dependency in my pom.xml file. It shows up in red and says "Dependency 'mysql:mysql-connector-java:8.0.25' not found". I don't need to download anything, right? Is it enough to just declare dependencies in pom.xml? I had the same problem with maven-failsafe-plugin.

My pom.xml file dependencies are as follows:

<dependency>
    <groupId>mysql</groupId>
    <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
    <version>8.0.25</version>
    <scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>

If anyone has any suggestions it would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

I think they made a change recently in terms of relying on MySQL. My problem was solved by adding the following dependencies. You can also try it

<dependency>
<groupId>com.mysql</groupId>
<artifactId>mysql-connector-j</artifactId>
</dependency>