Running Junit5 from command-line requires junit-platform-console-standalone jar. Download jar from below. org/junit/platform/junit-platform-console-standalone 1.0.0/ 2017-09-10 18:11 -1.0.0-M4/ 2017-04-01 19:25 -1.0.0-M5/ 2017-07-04 16:40 -1.0.0-M6/ 2017-07-18 19:34 -1.0.0-RC1/…repo1.maven.org Command to run unit tests of a specific package java -jar ~/useful_jars/junit-platform-console-standalone-1.7.1.jar — class-path=build/classes/java/test:build/classes/java/main — select-package=com.example.project