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javax.validation.NoProviderFoundException: Unable to create a Configuration, because no Bean Validation provider could be found

no Hibernate Bean Validator could be found even though it's added to the classpath.

I have a simple web application in Spring Boot. I am trying to test the Hibernate Validator with this simple function:

public void validateUser(User user) {
   ValidatorFactory factory = Validation.buildDefaultValidatorFactory();
   Validator validator = factory.getValidator();
   Set<ConstraintViolation<User>> violations = validator.validate(user);
But it throws an exception:
javax.validation.NoProviderFoundException: Unable to create a Configuration, because no Bean Validation provider could be found. Add a provider like Hibernate Validator (RI) to your classpath.
I tried using different libraries but they all don't work.
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-validation</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
    <artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
    <version>2.0.1.Final</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.hibernate.validator</groupId>
    <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
    <version>7.0.1.Final</version>
</dependency>
I am using Java 17.
For a Spring Boot project you would want to add the spring-boot-starter-validation starter dependency.
<dependency>
  <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-validation</artifactId>
</dependency>
All the Spring Boot started projects can be found in the official documentation: spring.io
After you add a new dependency to your pom.xml file, I recommend running mwnv clean package (or mvn clean package) to fetch the dependencies and build a clean project.
Also, for bootstrapping/generating Spring Boot projects you may want to use Spring Initializr.
        
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