# org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: Returned value cannot be converted to WebElement

**URL:** <https://discuss.appium.io/t/org-openqa-selenium-webdriverexception-returned-value-cannot-be-converted-to-webelement/18608>\
**Category:** Issues/Bugs\
**Created:** [September 7, 2017, 6:48am UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/org-openqa-selenium-webdriverexception-returned-value-cannot-be-converted-to-webelement/18608 "2017-09-07T06:48:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![manikanta](https://discuss.appium.io/user_avatar/discuss.appium.io/manikanta/32/8098_2.png) [@manikanta](https://discuss.appium.io/u/manikanta)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/org-openqa-selenium-webdriverexception-returned-value-cannot-be-converted-to-webelement/18608/41 "2020-09-20T17:07:31Z")

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It’s a configuration issue. Watch below video to resolve

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**Author:** ![Innaya](https://discuss.appium.io/user_avatar/discuss.appium.io/innaya/32/9497_2.png) [@Innaya](https://discuss.appium.io/u/Innaya)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2021, 8:42pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/org-openqa-selenium-webdriverexception-returned-value-cannot-be-converted-to-webelement/18608/42 "2021-12-28T20:42:04Z")

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Hi, I’m new to learning appium. I’m getting errors while using “Tap”, “TouchAction”, “swipe” etc.  
Appium Version: 1.22.0  
Java Client: 8.0.0 beta  
Selenium-Java 4.1.0

Should I downgrade any version? or have any alternate solution?

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