[FIXED] Project build error: 'dependencies.dependency.version' for org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-starter-eureka-server:jar is missing

Issue

I am developing a code from https://www.dineshonjava.com/microservices-with-spring-boot/. When I update the spring-boot-starter-parent from 1.5.4.RELEASE to 2.0.4.RELEASE, build got failed.

Could anyone please guide me what is the issue ?

Project build error: 'dependencies.dependency.version' for org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-starter-eureka-server:jar is missing.

Another error:

Multiple annotations found at this line:
    - For artifact {org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-starter-eureka-server:null:jar}: The version cannot be empty. (org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-resources-plugin:3.0.2:resources:default-resources:process-
     resources) org.apache.maven.artifact.InvalidArtifactRTException: For artifact {org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-starter-eureka-server:null:jar}: The version cannot be empty. at 
     org.apache.maven.artifact.DefaultArtifact.validateIdentity(DefaultArtifact.java:148) at org.apache.maven.artifact.DefaultArtifact.<init>(DefaultArtifact.java:123) at 
     org.apache.maven.artifact.factory.DefaultArtifactFactory.createArtifact(DefaultArtifactFactory.java:157) at org.apache.maven.artifact.factory.DefaultArtifactFactory.createDependencyArtifact(DefaultArtifactFactory.java:
     57) at org.apache.maven.project.artifact.MavenMetadataSource.createDependencyArtifact(MavenMetadataSource.java:328) at 
     org.apache.maven.project.artifact.MavenMetadataSource.createArtifacts(MavenMetadataSource.java:503) at 

pom.xml

<parent>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
        <version>2.0.4.RELEASE</version>
        <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
    </parent>

    <properties>
        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
        <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
    </properties>

    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-cloud-starter</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <!-- Eureka registration server -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-eureka-server</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>

    <dependencyManagement>
        <dependencies>
            <dependency>
                <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
                <artifactId>spring-cloud-dependencies</artifactId>
                <!-- <version>Camden.SR5</version> -->
                <version>Finchley.RELEASE</version>
                <type>pom</type>
                <scope>import</scope>
            </dependency>
        </dependencies>
    </dependencyManagement>

Solution

As indicated in my comment, some starters were renamed: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-cloud/wiki/Spring-Cloud-Edgware-Release-Notes

A number of starters did not follow normal Spring Cloud naming conventions. In Edgware, use of the deprecated starter will log a warning with the name of the new starter to use in its place.

So change: spring-cloud-starter-eureka-server to spring-cloud-starter-netflix-eureka-server.

Answered By - Tim