# Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchFieldError: LUCENE\_4\_0\_0

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/caused-by-java-lang-nosuchfielderror-lucene-4-0-0/108517>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 21, 2017, 6:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/caused-by-java-lang-nosuchfielderror-lucene-4-0-0/108517 "2017-11-21T06:13:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![vidyapati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8c91f0/32.png) [@vidyapati](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vidyapati)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 6:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/caused-by-java-lang-nosuchfielderror-lucene-4-0-0/108517/1 "2017-11-21T06:13:33Z")

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Hi All,  
I am getting below error while using elastic search

Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchFieldError: LUCENE\_4\_0\_0

I have below in POM

```
<dependency>
		<groupId>org.elasticsearch.client</groupId>
		<artifactId>transport</artifactId>
		<version>6.0.0</version>
	</dependency>

```

and my elastic server version is

Version: 6.0.0, Build: 8f0685b/2017-11-10T18:41:22.859Z, JVM: 1.8.0\_101

I have also deleted the lucence folder from .m2/settings and did maven clean /install.

Even after that facing same issue. Can someone help

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 6:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/caused-by-java-lang-nosuchfielderror-lucene-4-0-0/108517/2 "2017-11-21T06:42:34Z")

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What else do you have in your pom file?  
Do you have by any chance an older node running on your machine?

Could you share the full stacktrace?

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**Author:** ![vidyapati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8c91f0/32.png) [@vidyapati](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vidyapati)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 7:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/caused-by-java-lang-nosuchfielderror-lucene-4-0-0/108517/3 "2017-11-21T07:49:43Z")

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Hello David,  
Pls find the complete stack trace

Error starting ApplicationContext. To display the auto-configuration report re-run your application with 'debug' enabled.  
2017-11-21\_12:02:00.839--[restartedMain] ERROR o.s.b.SpringApplication - Application startup failed  
org.springframework.beans.factory.UnsatisfiedDependencyException: Error creating bean with name 'snowAppInitController': Unsatisfied dependency expressed through field 'snowAppCacheManager'; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'snowAppCacheManager': Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.lang.NoSuchFieldError: LUCENE\_4\_0\_0  
at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor$AutowiredFieldElement.inject(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:588)  
at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.InjectionMetadata.inject(InjectionMetadata.java:88)  
at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.postProcessPropertyValues(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:366)  
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.populateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1264)  
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:553)  
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:483)  
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:306)  
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:230)  
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:302)  
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:197)  
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:761)  
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:867)  
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:543)  
at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.refresh(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:122)  
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refresh(SpringApplication.java:693)  
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refreshContext(SpringApplication.java:360)  
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:303)  
at com.intuit.pi.ia.discoverv1.SnowApplicationDataCollectionApplication.main(SnowApplicationDataCollectionApplication.java:53)  
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 org.springframework.boot.devtools.restart.RestartLauncher.run(RestartLauncher.java:49)  
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'snowAppCacheManager': Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.lang.NoSuchFieldError: LUCENE\_4\_0\_0  
at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.InitDestroyAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.postProcessBeforeInitialization(InitDestroyAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:137)  
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyBeanPostProcessorsBeforeInitialization(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:409)  
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1620)  
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:555)  
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:483)  
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:306)  
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:230)  
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:302)  
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:202)  
at org.springframework.beans.factory.config.DependencyDescriptor.resolveCandidate(DependencyDescriptor.java:208)  
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.doResolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1138)  
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.resolveDependency(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:1066)  
at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor$AutowiredFieldElement.inject(AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:585)  
... 22 common frames omitted  
Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchFieldError: LUCENE\_4\_0\_0  
at org.elasticsearch.Version.(Version.java:44)  
at org.elasticsearch.client.transport.TransportClient$Builder.build(TransportClient.java:131)  
at com.intuit.pi.ia.discoverv1.es.ClientUtils.getClient(ClientUtils.java:14)  
at com.intuit.pi.ia.discoverv1.es.EsService.bulkInsert(EsService.java:26)  
at com.intuit.pi.ia.discoverv1.ihp.cache.snow.SnowAppCacheManager.loadApplicationDetails(SnowAppCacheManager.java:180)  
at com.intuit.pi.ia.discoverv1.ihp.cache.snow.SnowAppCacheManager.initialize(SnowAppCacheManager.java:69)  
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)  
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)  
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)  
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)  
at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.InitDestroyAnnotationBeanPostProcessor$LifecycleElement.invoke(InitDestroyAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:366)  
at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.InitDestroyAnnotationBeanPostProcessor$LifecycleMetadata.invokeInitMethods(InitDestroyAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:311)  
at org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.InitDestroyAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.postProcessBeforeInitialization(InitDestroyAnnotationBeanPostProcessor.java:134)  
... 34 common frames omitted

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**Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 8:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/caused-by-java-lang-nosuchfielderror-lucene-4-0-0/108517/4 "2017-11-21T08:05:10Z")

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**Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 8:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/caused-by-java-lang-nosuchfielderror-lucene-4-0-0/108517/5 "2017-11-21T08:23:46Z")

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org.elasticsearch.client  
transport  
5.6.3

```
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.elasticsearch.client</groupId>
        <artifactId>elasticsearch-rest-high-level-client</artifactId>
        <version>5.6.3</version>
    </dependency>

	<dependency>
		<groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
		<artifactId>h2</artifactId>
		<version>1.3.156</version>
	</dependency>

	<dependency>
		<groupId>org.apache.lucene</groupId>
		<artifactId>lucene-core</artifactId>
		<version>4.0.0</version>
	</dependency>
```

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 9:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/caused-by-java-lang-nosuchfielderror-lucene-4-0-0/108517/6 "2017-11-21T09:01:32Z")

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Please edit your previous post.

Why are you importing Lucene?  
Why are you importing the transport client?

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**Author:** ![vidyapati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8c91f0/32.png) [@vidyapati](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vidyapati)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2017, 9:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/caused-by-java-lang-nosuchfielderror-lucene-4-0-0/108517/7 "2017-11-21T09:04:04Z")

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Hello David ,  
Problem is solved. based on your hint , I did a project scan and find , in parent module , someone is refering older lucene version .That module was not used. So I remove the lucene dependency from POM. and it works .Thanks a lot for taking a look at the issue.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 9:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/caused-by-java-lang-nosuchfielderror-lucene-4-0-0/108517/8 "2017-12-19T09:04:26Z")

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