Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/xml/bind/PropertyException - allure

Question

I'm getting a java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/xml/bind/PropertyException exception when trying to open an allure report.
I got as far as generating the allure-results folder in my target class, where my surefire reports are also being generated.
When I try allure serve projectpath\target\ or allure serve projectpath\target\surefire-reports I get the following exception -
Generating report to temp directory...
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/xml/bind/PropertyException
at io.qameta.allure.allure1.Allure1Plugin.xmlFiles(Allure1Plugin.java:393)
at io.qameta.allure.allure1.Allure1Plugin.getStreamOfAllure1Results(Allure1Plugin.java:388)
My pom file looks like this. The reason I am using some old versions of these is because those are the versions that exist in our artifactory. They will all be updated to current versions soon.
'''
<!--<dependency>
<groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
<artifactId>cucumber-java</artifactId>
<version>6.11.0</version>
</dependency>-->
<!--<dependency>
<groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
<artifactId>cucumber-testng</artifactId>
<version>6.11.0</version>
</dependency>-->
<dependency>
<groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
<artifactId>cucumber-java</artifactId>
<version>5.7.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>io.cucumber</groupId>
<artifactId>cucumber-testng</artifactId>
<version>5.7.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>io.qameta.allure</groupId>
<artifactId>allure-cucumber5-jvm</artifactId>
<version>2.14.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.testng</groupId>
<artifactId>testng</artifactId>
<version>7.4.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
<artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
<version>4.2.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>io.github.bonigarcia</groupId>
<artifactId>webdrivermanager</artifactId>
<version>5.1.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
<artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
<version>2.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
<artifactId>poi</artifactId>
<version>5.2.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>
<artifactId>poi-ooxml</artifactId>
<version>5.2.2</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
<version>2.17.2</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<pluginManagement>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<source>8</source>
<target>8</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0-M7</version>
<configuration>
<suiteXmlFiles>${testSuite}</suiteXmlFiles>
<!--<reportsDirectory>test-output/</reportsDirectory>-->
<argLine>
-javaagent:"${settings.localRepository}/org/aspectj/aspectjweaver/${aspectj.version}/aspectjweaver-${aspectj.version}.jar"
-Dcucumber.options="--plugin io.qameta.allure.cucumber5jvm.AllureCucumber5Jvm"
</argLine>
</configuration>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
<artifactId>aspectjweaver</artifactId>
<version>${aspectj.version}</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</pluginManagement>
</build>
<properties>
<maven.compiler.source>8</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>8</maven.compiler.target>
<testSuite>config/smokeTest.xml</testSuite>
<aspectj.version>1.9.8</aspectj.version>
</properties>
'''

Answer 1

Figured it out!
I was using Java 11, but Allure needs to be compiled using Java 8.