Invalid verification of the returned value of a method

The bytecode generated from the following code produces a verification error:

    public static Object test(){
        return new Object();
    }

Here is the error message:

Pass 3b, method number 2 ['public static Object test()']:
VERIFIED_REJECTED
Constraint violated in method 'public static Object test()':
Returned type void does not match Method's return type java.lang.Object

The problem also occurs for all kind of returned value: primitive types (byte, int, etc.), array , null, object, …