It turns out IntelliJ does not pick up added dependencies from the local Maven repository. We have to tell IntelliJ to reimport the pom.xml.
- Open the project view in IntelliJ
- Right click the pom.xml file and select Maven – Reimport
- If this works for you IntelliJ will add the dependencies to the project
- Check the if the dependencies you need are added in
- File – Project Structure – Project Settings – Libraries
- and File – Project Structure – Modules – Dependencies