Maven IntelliJ error: Unable to import maven project. See logs for details

I am working on Maven based project on IntelliJ idea 2016.3.4, and on adding dependencies, I receive the following error.

Unable to import maven project: See logs for details.

The idea.log file contains the following logs repeatedly:

role: org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.ArtifactResolver
roleHint: ide 
java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.RuntimeException: 
org.codehaus.plexus.component.repository.exception.ComponentLookupException: 
java.util.NoSuchElementException
  role: org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.ArtifactResolver
roleHint: ide
at org.jetbrains.idea.maven.server.Maven3ServerEmbedderImpl.getComponent(Maven3ServerEmbedderImpl.java:475)
at org.jetbrains.idea.maven.server.Maven3ServerEmbedderImpl.customizeComponents(Maven3ServerEmbedderImpl.java:552)
at org.jetbrains.idea.maven.server.Maven3ServerEmbedderImpl.customize(Maven3ServerEmbedderImpl.java:529)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at sun.rmi.server.UnicastServerRef.dispatch(UnicastServerRef.java:357)
at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Transport.java:200)
at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Transport.java:197)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.rmi.transport.Transport.serviceCall(Transport.java:196)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport.handleMessages(TCPTransport.java:573)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run0(TCPTransport.java:834)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.lambda$run$0(TCPTransport.java:688)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run(TCPTransport.java:687)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
at sun.rmi.transport.StreamRemoteCall.exceptionReceivedFromServer(StreamRemoteCall.java:276)
at sun.rmi.transport.StreamRemoteCall.executeCall(StreamRemoteCall.java:253)
at sun.rmi.server.UnicastRef.invoke(UnicastRef.java:162)
at java.rmi.server.RemoteObjectInvocationHandler.invokeRemoteMethod(RemoteObjectInvocationHandler.java:227)
at java.rmi.server.RemoteObjectInvocationHandler.invoke(RemoteObjectInvocationHandler.java:179)
at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy125.customize(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at com.intellij.execution.rmi.RemoteUtil.invokeRemote(RemoteUtil.java:169)
at com.intellij.execution.rmi.RemoteUtil.access$300(RemoteUtil.java:36)
at com.intellij.execution.rmi.RemoteUtil$2$1$1.compute(RemoteUtil.java:150)
at com.intellij.execution.rmi.RemoteUtil.executeWithClassLoader(RemoteUtil.java:226)
at com.intellij.execution.rmi.RemoteUtil$2$1.invoke(RemoteUtil.java:147)
at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy125.customize(Unknown Source)
at org.jetbrains.idea.maven.server.MavenEmbedderWrapper.doCustomize(MavenEmbedderWrapper.java:103)
at org.jetbrains.idea.maven.server.MavenEmbedderWrapper.access$000(MavenEmbedderWrapper.java:38)
at org.jetbrains.idea.maven.server.MavenEmbedderWrapper$2.execute(MavenEmbedderWrapper.java:69)
at org.jetbrains.idea.maven.server.RemoteObjectWrapper.perform(RemoteObjectWrapper.java:76)
at org.jetbrains.idea.maven.server.MavenEmbedderWrapper.customizeForResolve(MavenEmbedderWrapper.java:66)
at org.jetbrains.idea.maven.project.MavenProjectsTree.resolve(MavenProjectsTree.java:1253)
at org.jetbrains.idea.maven.project.MavenProjectsProcessorResolvingTask.perform(MavenProjectsProcessorResolvingTask.java:44)
at org.jetbrains.idea.maven.project.MavenProjectsProcessor.doProcessPendingTasks(MavenProjectsProcessor.java:130)
at org.jetbrains.idea.maven.project.MavenProjectsProcessor.access$000(MavenProjectsProcessor.java:30)
at org.jetbrains.idea.maven.project.MavenProjectsProcessor$2.run(MavenProjectsProcessor.java:105)
at org.jetbrains.idea.maven.utils.MavenUtil.lambda$runInBackground$5(MavenUtil.java:458)
at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationImpl$2.run(ApplicationImpl.java:309)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: 
org.codehaus.plexus.component.repository.exception.ComponentLookupException: 
java.util.NoSuchElementException
  role: org.apache.maven.artifact.resolver.ArtifactResolver
roleHint: ide
at org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer.lookup(DefaultPlexusContainer.java:267)
at org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer.lookup(DefaultPlexusContainer.java:243)
at org.jetbrains.idea.maven.server.Maven3ServerEmbedderImpl.getComponent(Maven3ServerEmbedderImpl.java:472)
at org.jetbrains.idea.maven.server.Maven3ServerEmbedderImpl.customizeComponents(Maven3ServerEmbedderImpl.java:552)
at org.jetbrains.idea.maven.server.Maven3ServerEmbedderImpl.customize(Maven3ServerEmbedderImpl.java:529)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at sun.rmi.server.UnicastServerRef.dispatch(UnicastServerRef.java:357)
at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Transport.java:200)
at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Transport.java:197)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.rmi.transport.Transport.serviceCall(Transport.java:196)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport.handleMessages(TCPTransport.java:573)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run0(TCPTransport.java:834)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.lambda$run$0(TCPTransport.java:688)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run(TCPTransport.java:687)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
Caused by: java.util.NoSuchElementException
at java.util.Collections$EmptyIterator.next(Collections.java:4189)
at org.codehaus.plexus.DefaultPlexusContainer.lookup(DefaultPlexusContainer.java:263)
... 21 more
2018-11-15 18:32:37,925 [ 379691]  ERROR -      #org.jetbrains.idea.maven - 
 IntelliJ IDEA 2016.3.4  Build #IU-163.12024.16 
2018-11-15 18:32:37,925 [ 379691]  ERROR -      #org.jetbrains.idea.maven - JDK: 1.8.0_112-release 
 2018-11-15 18:32:37,925 [ 379691]  ERROR -      #org.jetbrains.idea.maven - VM: OpenJDK Server VM 
 2018-11-15 18:32:37,925 [ 379691]  ERROR -      #org.jetbrains.idea.maven - Vendor: JetBrains s.r.o 
2018-11-15 18:32:37,925 [ 379691]  ERROR -      #org.jetbrains.idea.maven - OS: Windows 10 
2018-11-15 18:32:37,925 [ 379691]  ERROR -      #org.jetbrains.idea.maven - Last 
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I tried creating new project and solution mentioned here.

But I still get the same error.

Any way to solve this problem?

Answer

try to use a new version of maven, i was having the same issue, i changed the maven version of my IDE and the error is gone.