Maven error – invalid target release: 1.11

By mkyong | Updated: October 18, 2021

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Maven compiles and hits the following fatal error messages:

mvn compile

Fatal error compiling: error: invalid target release: 1.11

	<plugin>
		<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
		<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
		<version>3.8.1</version>
		<configuration>
			<source>1.11</source>
			<target>1.11</target>
		</configuration>
	</plugin>

Solution

For maven-compiler-plugin, the correct JDK version is 1.8, 1.9, 1.10, 10, 11, 12 ... 17 ...

	<plugin>
		<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
		<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
		<version>3.8.0</version>
		<configuration>
			<source>11</source>
			<target>11</target>
		</configuration>
	</plugin>

or

	<properties>
		<java.version>11</java.version>
	</properties>

References

• Apache Maven Compiler Plugin
• Maven error- release version 1.13 not supported
• Maven error – invalid target release: 17