# NoSuchMethodError: org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder.string()Ljava/lang/String
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nosuchmethoderror-org-elasticsearch-common-xcontent-xcontentbuilder-string-ljava-lang-string/193734
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [August 5, 2019, 6:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nosuchmethoderror-org-elasticsearch-common-xcontent-xcontentbuilder-string-ljava-lang-string/193734 "2019-08-05T06:40:08Z")
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### Author:  [@Vladimir\_Routine](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vladimir_Routine)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2019, 6:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nosuchmethoderror-org-elasticsearch-common-xcontent-xcontentbuilder-string-ljava-lang-string/193734/1 "2019-08-05T06:40:08Z")
I am using elasticsearch 6.1.1 alongside spring and I am getting the following error
```auto
NoSuchMethodError: org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder.string()Ljava/lang/String
```
what might be the reason?
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2019, 7:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nosuchmethoderror-org-elasticsearch-common-xcontent-xcontentbuilder-string-ljava-lang-string/193734/2 "2019-08-05T07:24:56Z")
When using springboot with
elasticsearch, you need to be explicit with some transitive dependencies as SpringBoot declares a version 6.4...
Basically you can put this in your `pom.xml`:
```auto
7.0.0
```
See documentation here: [https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/howto-build.html#howto-customize-dependency-versions](https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/howto-build.html#howto-customize-dependency-versions)
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### Author:  [@Vladimir\_Routine](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vladimir_Routine)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2019, 7:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nosuchmethoderror-org-elasticsearch-common-xcontent-xcontentbuilder-string-ljava-lang-string/193734/3 "2019-08-05T07:49:40Z")
Thanks. Actually, I am using gradle which manages the dependencies. I added these to lines to build.gradle, which seems to solve the problem.
```auto
compile 'org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch:6.1.1'
compile group: 'org.elasticsearch.client', name: 'transport', version: '6.1.1'
```
Yet, there is another issue. It says that spring cannot instantiate a bean which is caused by:
`Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.elasticsearch.search.fetch.subphase.highlight.HighlightPhase.(Ljava/util/Map;)V
`
I think spring tries to invoke the constructor of the HighlightPhase class, which is supposed to have a no-arg constructor. However, such a constructor does not exist. What can I do to resolve this issue?
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2019, 8:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nosuchmethoderror-org-elasticsearch-common-xcontent-xcontentbuilder-string-ljava-lang-string/193734/4 "2019-08-05T08:59:06Z")
Try a more recent version like 6.8.
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### Author:  [@Vladimir\_Routine](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vladimir_Routine)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2019, 9:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nosuchmethoderror-org-elasticsearch-common-xcontent-xcontentbuilder-string-ljava-lang-string/193734/5 "2019-08-05T09:49:11Z")
I tried that but another error occurred 🙂
` java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.elasticsearch.plugins.ActionPlugin$ActionHandler.(Lorg/elasticsearch/action/Action;Ljava/lang/Class;[Ljava/lang/Class;)V
`
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2019, 10:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nosuchmethoderror-org-elasticsearch-common-xcontent-xcontentbuilder-string-ljava-lang-string/193734/6 "2019-08-05T10:41:32Z")
May be switch to the Rest client ?
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### Author:  [@Vladimir\_Routine](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vladimir_Routine)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2019, 10:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nosuchmethoderror-org-elasticsearch-common-xcontent-xcontentbuilder-string-ljava-lang-string/193734/7 "2019-08-05T10:47:10Z")
I do not understand what you mean by switching to Rest client. could you be more specific about what changes are needed?
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2019, 11:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nosuchmethoderror-org-elasticsearch-common-xcontent-xcontentbuilder-string-ljava-lang-string/193734/8 "2019-08-05T11:20:59Z")
I mean: don't use the TransportClient anymore but the Rest Client.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2019, 11:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nosuchmethoderror-org-elasticsearch-common-xcontent-xcontentbuilder-string-ljava-lang-string/193734/9 "2019-09-02T11:21:00Z")
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