Referring to non-existent class java.text.DateFormatSymbols$

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Calling LocalDate.parse(date, DateTimeFormat.forPattern("dd.MM.yyyy")) gives this stacktrace:

[error] Referring to non-existent class java.text.DateFormatSymbols$
[error] called from org.joda.time.DateTimeUtils$.getDateFormatSymbols(java.util.Locale)java.text.DateFormatSymbols
[error] called from org.joda.time.chrono.GJLocaleSymbols.(java.util.Locale)
[error] called from org.joda.time.chrono.GJLocaleSymbols$.forLocale(java.util.Locale)org.joda.time.chrono.GJLocaleSymbols
[error] called from org.joda.time.chrono.GJDayOfWeekDateTimeField.convertText(java.lang.String,java.util.Locale)scala.Int
[error] called from org.joda.time.field.BaseDateTimeField.set(scala.Long,java.lang.String,java.util.Locale)scala.Long
[error] called from org.joda.time.format.DateTimeParserBucket$SavedField.set(scala.Long,scala.Boolean)scala.Long
[error] called from org.joda.time.format.DateTimeParserBucket.computeMillis(scala.Boolean,java.lang.CharSequence)scala.Long
[error] called from org.joda.time.format.DateTimeParserBucket.doParseMillis(org.joda.time.format.InternalParser,java.lang.CharSequence)scala.Long
[error] called from org.joda.time.format.DateTimeFormatter.parseMillis(java.lang.String)scala.Long