Maven "build path specifies execution environment J2SE-1.5", even though I changed it to 1.7

All of the answers above may work for the time being but whenever you run maven on the command line or Maven → Update project… the JDK will be reset, this was also the question as I understand it.

To fix this for good add the following code to your pom file. Remember to do a Maven → Update project… afterwards or mvn clean compile at the command line.

<build>
    <pluginManagement>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>3.1</version>
                <configuration>
                    <source>1.7</source>
                    <target>1.7</target>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>

    </pluginManagement>
</build>

1. Right-click on your project
2. Click Properties
3. Click the "Java Compiler" option on the left menu
4. Under JDK compliance section on the right, change it to "1.7"
5. Run a Maven clean and then Maven build.

I know this is an old topic. I had the same problem. I tested all the answers about this topic. And nothing worked here... but i found another solution.

Go to pom->overview and add these to you properties:

• Name: "maven.compiler.target" Value: "1.7"

and

• Name: "maven.compiler.source" Value: "1.7"

Now do a maven update.