Maven “build path specifies execution environment J2SE-1.5”, even though I changed it to 1.7

Question

In Eclipse Juno, I installed the latest m2e plugin (1.2.20120903-1050). In preferences, I have added jdk1.7.0_11 in Java -> Installed JREs -> Add, and then specified the lo

Answer 1

I tested all the answers about this topic. And nothing worked here… but I found another solution.

Go to pom -> overview and add these to your properties:

Name: “maven.compiler.target” Value: “1.8”

and

Name: “maven.compiler.source” Value: “1.8”

Now do a maven update.