Suppose I have the following test: public class TestCase { @Test public void test1() { } @Test(dependsOnMethods = "test1") public void test2() { } } If I run test2 in IDEA then I get the following error: org.testng.TestNGException: TestCase.test2() is depending on nonexistent method TestCase.test1 I noticed that IDEA automatically add dependencies for groups so I think it should do the same for method dependencies.