An internal error occurred during: “Updating Maven Project”. java.lang.NullPointerException

Question

I\'m developing a Java EE web project. When I try to add a dependency, this error message appears. I use Eclipse Kepler.

An internal error occurred du

Answer 1

I'm using:

Eclipse Java EE IDE for Web Developers.

Version: Neon.3 Release (4.6.3) Build id: 20170314-1500

The fix/trick for me was deleting my local repository in ~/.m2/repository in order to remove local dependencies and rebuilding my project in which fresh dependencies are pulled down.