Error in forked process displayed due to dependsonmethod when testng.xml is run with maven-surefire

I am getting "Error in Forked Process" with cause saying that one of the @test is depending on a method and the Method is not annotated with @test.

My testng.xml does not have the mentioned @test class at all and I am not sure why this @test is being picked up in first place.

My POM.XML
 {{ <plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0-M5</version>

<executions>
<execution>
<configuration>

<skip>false</skip>
<forkCount>2</forkCount>
<argLine>-Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m</argLine>
<maven.test.failure.ignore>false</maven.test.failure.ignore>
<rerunFailingTestsCount>2</rerunFailingTestsCount>
<suiteXmlFiles>
<suiteXmlFile>testng.xml</suiteXmlFile>
</suiteXmlFiles>
</configuration>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>}}
Junit & testNG versions :
 {{<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>4.13.2</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>

<dependency>
<groupId>org.testng</groupId>
<artifactId>testng</artifactId>
<version>6.9.8</version>
</dependency>}}
TestnG :
 {{<suite name="StoresCentral_TestSuite_Param" configfailurepolicy="continue" verbose="10"
threadcount="1" parallel="none"><test name="POC_tests_0"><classes><class
name="au.wow.ngbomain.tests.PracticeArtLookupTest"></class></classes></test></suite>}}
Error :

[ERROR] Please refer to C:\Automation\ForkErrorCheck\s\Test\target\surefire-reports for the individual test results. [ERROR] Please refer to dump files (if any exist) [date].dump, [date]-jvmRun[N].dump and [date].dumpstream. [ERROR] There was an error in the forked process [ERROR] [ERROR] au.wow.ngbomain.tests.AdjustmentLogReportTests.pageValidation() is depending on method public void au.wow.ngbomain.tests.Sample.check() throws java.lang.Exception, which is not annotated with @Test or not included. [ERROR] org.testng.TestNGException: