Unable to resolve @SpringBootTest with a maven dependency with scope test

Question

I added this repository to pom.xml, but IntelliJ fails to resolve org.springframework.boot.test:

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
            <version>2.2.4.RELEASE</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>

However, after adding the library to classpath, it happens to work:

What's so special about this repository that I should add it manually?

EDIT:

<scope></scope> was causing this problem. I had no idea of what it actually does, and it made IntelliJ ignore my main directory.

Answer 1

Deleted it manually from the local maven repository. If it still not working. Add the older version to pom.xml. Hope it work

Answer 2

After adding the dependency to the pom.xml do a MAVEN REIMPORT. If it doesn't solve, go to main menu and do invalidate cache/restart ide. Then you are good to go.