New Gradle version creates conflict with depedency - intellij-idea

Question

I have a simple build script (shorted for clarity) which uses Guava as a dependency
group 'test'
version '0.1.0'
apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'application'
sourceCompatibility = 1.8
targetCompatibility = 1.8
mainClassName = 'Test'
repositories {mavenCentral()}
task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {gradleVersion = '3.5'}
dependencies {compile 'com.google.guava:guava:21.0'}
When running this code:
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
LoadingCache<Long, String> applicantCache = CacheBuilder.newBuilder()
.maximumSize(30000)
.expireAfterAccess(31, TimeUnit.DAYS)
.build(new CacheLoader<Long, String>() {
#Override
public String load(Long key) {
return "";
}
});
}
}
I get this error:
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/google/common/cache/CacheLoader
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredMethods0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredMethods(Class.java:2701)
at java.lang.Class.privateGetMethodRecursive(Class.java:3048)
at java.lang.Class.getMethod0(Class.java:3018)
at java.lang.Class.getMethod(Class.java:1784)
at sun.launcher.LauncherHelper.validateMainClass(LauncherHelper.java:544)
at sun.launcher.LauncherHelper.checkAndLoadMain(LauncherHelper.java:526)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.google.common.cache.CacheLoader
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:381)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:424)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:335)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357)
... 7 more
Error: A JNI error has occurred, please check your installation and try again
Exception in thread "main"
When downgrading the Gradle Wrapper version to 3.3 the problem is fixed but, I need version 3.5 for something else that is not feasible in version 3.3. As far as I can understand there is some dependency conflict between this version of Gradle and Guava but according to this post - it is not possible.
I know the jar is in place + using gradle dependencyInsight --dependency com.google.guava shows that the dependency exists:
:dependencyInsight
com.google.guava:guava:21.0
\--- compile
Thanks for any help
EDIT:
After testing on other computers it seems the problem only occurs when I update the wrapper task, execute it and then refresh the gradle project by clicking on the Refresh all Gradle projects button (see attached image). When running the executing distribution script every thing works fine - so it only happens in Intellij. I'm guessing I'm missing something in how Gradle Wrapper works or when to execute it...
EDIT
Tested on Gradle version 3.4 and the problem occurres.

Answer 1

if anyone else encounters similar issues the answer is here.
A bug in my Intellij version (2016.2.5) caused compile scoped dependencies to transform into provided scoped dependencies by Intellij. This, in turn, makes dependencies to appear only in Intellij's compile classpath but not in it's runtime classpath. That's why when running the ./gradlew run command the issue could not be reproduced as there was no issue on Gradle's part.
Upgrading the Intellij version (2017.1) solved the issue.