解决办法: 在pom.xml中加入如下两个依赖
<dependency>
<groupId>org.web3j</groupId>
<artifactId>core</artifactId>
<version>5.0.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.squareup.okhttp3</groupId>
<artifactId>okhttp</artifactId>
<version>4.3.1</version>
</dependency>