Why Maven uses JDK 1.6 but my java -version is 1.7

Question

I\'m new to maven, and also to MacOS.

I have setup maven in my terminal, and when getting the version settings (using mvn -v) it seems it uses JDK 1.6,

Answer 1

add the following to your ~/.mavenrc:

export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/{jdk-version}/Contents/Home

Second Solution:

echo export "JAVA_HOME=\$(/usr/libexec/java_home)" >> ~/.bash_profile