Can't get Maven to recognize Java 1.8

For me the issue was that when I installed from jdk-8u25-macosx-x64.dmg the installation did not update the /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK directory link to the new 1.8 JDK. This may not have been the issue of the original question but it was the solution for me when I encountered the same error message.

I don't know why the installer doesn't link it and to make matters more confusing, the path is different depending on whether you installed it from Oracle or Apple. See Mac OS X 10.6.7 Java Path Current JDK confusing

I did the following to fix my environment

cd /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions
sudo rm CurrentJDK
sudo ln -s /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/<installed_jdk_version>.jdk/Contents CurrentJDK

It turns out that I had a forgotten ~/.mavenrc file that had set the value of JAVA_HOME.

For future readers, check the following locations for places that may override JAVA_HOME (in ascending order of precedence):

  • ~/.bash_profile
  • ~/.bash_login
  • ~/.bashrc
  • ~/.profile
  • /etc/mavenrc
  • ~/.mavenrc

The solution which worked for me:

In Eclipse, I had a wrong run configuration in my Maven build. Go to

Run Configurations -> JRE [Tab]

and set the runtime to Java 8.

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Java

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