@RunWith not compiling in JUnit5

Question

My project is set up with JUnit 5, and I want to use a different Runner for my tests, but I can't even use the @RunWith annotation because it won't compile. In this guide, https://www.baeldung.com/junit-5-runwith, it says that RunWith should still work in JUnit 5, so I'm confused why it won't even compile.
Even https://junit.org/junit5/docs/current/user-guide/#writing-tests-dependency-injection has an example of using RunWith if you scroll down a bit:
Using @RunWith(JUnitPlatform.class) will output all reported entries to stdout.
So why won't my code compile? Have I misunderstood something?

running gradlew build:

TestGameController.java:12: error: cannot find symbol
@RunWith(CacioTestRunner.class)
 ^
  symbol: class RunWith

RunWith is a JUnit 4 annotation. See its package: `org.junit.runner.RunWith`. There is no "jupiter" in the package. The "equivalent" in JUnit 5 is ExtendWith, which expects a JUnit 5 extension class as argument. You'll need to add a dependency on JUnit 4, write the test with the JUnit 4 API, and use the vintage engine of JUnit 4 if there is no CacioExtension class. — JB Nizet, Nov 20 '19 at 23:03
Does this answer your question? [Equivalent for @RunWith(JUnitPlatform.class) for JUnit5](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/57462395/equivalent-for-runwithjunitplatform-class-for-junit5) — rogerdpack, Feb 11 '22 at 20:01

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 07 '21 at 13:28

JB Nizet answered my question in his comment.

RunWith is a JUnit 4 annotation. See its package: org.junit.runner.RunWith. There is no "jupiter" in the package. The "equivalent" in JUnit 5 is ExtendWith, which expects a JUnit 5 extension class as argument. You'll need to add a dependency on JUnit 4, write the test with the JUnit 4 API, and use the vintage engine of JUnit 4 if there is no CacioExtension class.

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 07 '21 at 09:22

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I am also facing the same issue which gets resolved by adding the @ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class) annotation before @RunWith annotation.

answered Apr 07 '21 at 09:22

Deepesh Saraswat

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Adding `@ExtendsWith` won't do anything to address the fact that `@RunWith` doesn't exist in Junit 5. – Mass Dot Net Dec 16 '21 at 20:48
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Completely agree @MassDotNet, But in case someone needs work around it may help to compile their code. – Deepesh Saraswat Jan 01 '22 at 13:57

@RunWith not compiling in JUnit5

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