Exception in thread "main" cucumber.runtime.CucumberException: No backends were found

This error is thrown when no 'backends' are found on the classpath. There is a 'backend' for each supported language (e.g. cucumber-java, cucumber-groovy etc.)

It's probably a classpath error, although if cucumber-core and cucumber-java are in the same location that does seem strange.

Make sure you're adding below dependencies for Maven project:

You can replace version to the latest or the required version:

    <dependency>
        <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
        <artifactId>cucumber-java</artifactId>
        <version>1.2.0</version>
        <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>info.cukes</groupId>
        <artifactId>cucumber-junit</artifactId>
        <version>1.2.0</version>
    </dependency>