In my project, I am using the graphql-java library version 20.1, the spring-graphql library, and the com.netflix.dgs.codegen plugin. Recently, I started encountering an issue where the com.netflix.dgs.codegen plugin is calling the old version of the parseDocument method from the graphql-java library.

This is causing an error because the method signature has changed in the newer version of graphql-java. However, we haven’t updated the graphql-java library in our project.

Here is the relevant part of our build.gradle.kts file:

plugins {
    java
    jacoco
    id("org.springframework.boot") version "3.0.2"
    id("io.spring.dependency-management") version "1.1.4"
    id("com.netflix.dgs.codegen") version "6.1.8"
    id("org.sonarqube") version "4.2.1.3168"
}

dependencyManagement {
    imports {
        mavenBom("com.netflix.graphql.dgs:graphql-dgs-platform-dependencies:latest.release")
    }
}

dependencies {
    implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-graphql")
    implementation("com.netflix.graphql.dgs:graphql-dgs-spring-boot-starter")
    implementation("com.netflix.graphql.dgs:graphql-dgs-client")
}

And here is the relevant part of our buildSrc/build.gradle.kts file:

dependencies {
    implementation("com.graphql-java:graphql-java:20.1")
}

Why this issue is occurring even though I haven’t updated the graphql-java library?

I checked my dependencies and expected no issues as I’m still using graphql-java v20.1. However, the error persists. I considered transient dependencies, environment changes, and cache issues but found no root cause.