Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-checkstyle-plugin:3.1.1:check

[emeraldhieu]

On master branch, mvn clean install shows this error

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[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
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[INFO] Total time:  05:03 min
[INFO] Finished at: 2023-01-28T23:07:59+07:00
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[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-checkstyle-plugin:3.1.1:check (validate) on project kafka-connect-elasticsearch: Execution validate of goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-checkstyle-plugin:3.1.1:check failed: Plugin org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-checkstyle-plugin:3.1.1 or one of its dependencies could not be resolved: Failed to collect dependencies at org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-checkstyle-plugin:jar:3.1.1 -> io.confluent:build-tools:jar:6.2.3: Failed to read artifact descriptor for io.confluent:build-tools:jar:6.2.3: Could not transfer artifact io.confluent:build-tools:pom:6.2.3 from/to maven-default-http-blocker (http://0.0.0.0/): Blocked mirror for repositories: [confluent (http://packages.confluent.io/maven/, default, releases+snapshots)] -> [Help 1]
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[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
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[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/PluginResolutionException

[yzhan289]

What version of maven do you have? I was getting this error when on Maven 3.8.x, but after using Maven 3.6.x (from this comment), I got it to work.