Missing artifact javax-activation-activation-jar-1-0-2

Missing artifact javax.activation:activation:jar:1.0.2

I was getting this error when trying to add activation.jar dependency in pom.xml file as below:

<dependency>
    <groupId>javax.activation</groupId>
    <artifactId>activation</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.2</version>
</dependency>

When I changed to below version it fixed the issue:

<dependency>
    <groupId>javax.activation</groupId>
    <artifactId>activation</artifactId>
    <version>1.1</version>
</dependency>

That worked for me if still not working for you try below solution:

Close your eclipse go to maven local repository C:\Users\username\.m2 and delete repository folder. Open eclipse again and refresh your project
Refresh/Clean your project
Right click project –> Maven –> Update project…
Right click Maven –> Disable dependency management and again then Maven –> Enable Dependency management
Try close and open you project
Check setting.xml file is available or not if it’s not available go your maven installation directory conf folder and copy settings.xml file to your local repository location: C:\Users\username\.m2 folder

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