#1 Update pom.xml + several dependencies: Cucumber, Spring, ...

-> Updating several dependencies...
-> New Annotation needed to use Cucumber + Spring:
--> See CucumberSpringConfiguration.class for the configuration
--> Add the testconfiguration-folder to the glue list (in TestRunnerTestNG.class)
-> New Configuration: Use UTF-8 for Source Encoding

pom.xml

@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@
   <groupId>org.keeper.ui.test</groupId>
   <artifactId>keeper-ui-tests</artifactId>
   <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-
+
+  <properties>
+	<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+  </properties>
+
   <build>
   	<resources>
 	  <resource>
@@ -15,7 +19,7 @@
     	<plugin>
 			<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 			<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-			<version>3.8.0</version>
+			<version>3.8.1</version>
 			<configuration>
 		        <source>11</source>
             	<target>11</target>
@@ -24,7 +28,8 @@
 		<plugin>
 	        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 	        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-	        <version>2.22.2</version>
+			<!-- Tests are not executed with newer versions of surefire:    <version>3.0.0-M5</version>-->
+			<version>2.22.2</version>
 	        <configuration>
 	          	<skipTests>false</skipTests>
 	          	<properties>
@@ -43,49 +48,49 @@
 	<dependency>
 	    <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
 	    <artifactId>cucumber-core</artifactId>
-	    <version>5.0.0-RC1</version>
+	    <version>6.8.2</version>
 	</dependency>
 
 	<dependency>
 	    <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
 	    <artifactId>cucumber-java</artifactId>
-	    <version>5.0.0-RC1</version>
+	    <version>6.8.2</version>
 	</dependency>
 
 	<dependency>
 	    <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
 	    <artifactId>cucumber-testng</artifactId>
-	    <version>5.0.0-RC1</version>
+	    <version>6.8.2</version>
 	</dependency>
 
 	<dependency>
 	    <groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
 	    <artifactId>cucumber-spring</artifactId>
-	    <version>5.0.0-RC1</version>
+	    <version>6.8.2</version>
 	</dependency>
 
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
-        <version>5.2.2.RELEASE</version>
+        <version>5.3.1</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
-        <version>5.2.2.RELEASE</version>
+        <version>5.3.1</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
 	    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 	    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
-	    <version>2.2.2.RELEASE</version>
+	    <version>2.3.5.RELEASE</version>
 	</dependency>
 
 	<dependency>
 	    <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
 	    <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
-	    <version>7.0.0</version>
+	    <version>7.3.0</version>
 	    <scope>test</scope>
 	</dependency>
 
@@ -98,14 +103,14 @@
     <dependency>
 	    <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
 	    <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-	    <version>3.14.0</version>
+	    <version>3.18.0</version>
 	    <scope>test</scope>
 	</dependency>
 
 	<dependency>
 	    <groupId>io.github.bonigarcia</groupId>
 	    <artifactId>webdrivermanager</artifactId>
-	    <version>3.8.0</version>
+	    <version>4.2.2</version>
 	</dependency>
 
 	<dependency>
@@ -128,4 +133,4 @@
   	</profile>
   </profiles>
 
-</project>
+</project>

src/test/java/stepdefinitions/AuthenticationSteps.java

@@ -7,13 +7,11 @@
 import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
-import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Lazy;
 
 import io.cucumber.java.en.Given;
 import io.cucumber.java.en.Then;
 import io.cucumber.java.en.When;
-import testconfiguration.TestConfiguration;
 import ui.pages.HomePage;
 import ui.pages.LoginPage;
 
@@ -23,7 +21,6 @@
  * @author helk
  *
  */
-@SpringBootTest(classes = TestConfiguration.class)
 public class AuthenticationSteps {
 
 	@Autowired

src/test/java/testconfiguration/CucumberSpringConfiguration.java

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package testconfiguration;
+
+import io.cucumber.java.Before;
+import io.cucumber.spring.CucumberContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+
+/**
+ * Class to configure Cucumber to use SpringBoot to manage the application context.
+ *
+ * @author helk
+ *
+ */
+@CucumberContextConfiguration
+@SpringBootTest(classes = TestConfiguration.class)
+public class CucumberSpringConfiguration {
+
+    @Before
+    public void setupCucumberSpringContext(){
+        // Dummy method so cucumber will recognize this class as glue
+        // and use its context configuration.
+    }
+
+}

src/test/java/testrunner/TestRunnerTestNG.java

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  *
  */
 @CucumberOptions(plugin = "pretty", glue = { "stepdefinitions",
-		"hookdefinitions" }, features = "src/test/resources/features")
+		"hookdefinitions", "testconfiguration" }, features = "src/test/resources/features")
 public class TestRunnerTestNG extends AbstractTestNGCucumberTests {
 
 	@Override
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ public Object[][] scenarios() {
 		return super.scenarios();
 	}
 
-}
+}