Error “Source option 5 is no longer supported. Use 6 or later” on Maven compile

Question

I am getting the following error or $ mvn compile:

[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.1:compile (default-compile) on         


        

Answer 1

I had same issue and i have added below configuration in pom.xml and it works.

   
   
        maven-compiler-plugin
        3.5.1
        
            1.8
            1.8