Could not transfer artifact (https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2): Received fatal alert: protocol_version -> [Help 1]

Question

I am new to Maven and trying to setup my first project in Maven but receiving the below error message when I am doing \" Run as -> Maven install \" in Eclipse. Below is my s

Answer 1

I had upgraded from Java 1.7 to Java 1.8 and got the same error. To resolve this error, I checked the mvn version using mvn -version and found that JAVA_HOME was still using the Java 1.7. I changed the JAVA_HOME in the environment variable to point to Java 1.8 jre in JDK

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