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

It helped me. Just add it in your pom.xml.

By default maven compiler plugin uses Java 1.5 or 1.6, you have to redefine it in your pom.xml.

    
        
            org.apache.maven.plugins
            maven-compiler-plugin
            
                1.8
                1.8