Unable to compile simple Java 10 / Java 11 project with Maven
I have a trivial Maven project: src └── main └── java └── module-info.java pom.xml pom.xml: <groupId>org.example</groupId> <artifactId>example</artifactId> <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version> <packaging>jar</packaging> <name>example</name> <build> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.7.0</version> <configuration> <release>10</release> </configuration> </plugin> </plugins> </build> When I build the project via mvn -X install -DskipTests=true , it fails: org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Failed