The Testing in Java & JVM projects documentation suggests the following dependencies. dependencies { testImplementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter:5.7.1") testRuntimeOnly("org.junit.platform:junit-platform-launcher") } However, my testing shows that only junit-jupiter is required in …

Why do Gradle docs specify "junit-platform-launcher" for JUnit 5 tests?

Vampire (Björn Kautler) January 13, 2025, 9:36pm 7

Because it is not necessary and you cannot select a wrong version that way.
I didn’t check, but I guess the Jupiter dependency also brings in the platform BOM which then brings in the version for the launcher dependency.

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Why do Gradle docs specify "junit-platform-launcher" for JUnit 5 tests?

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