How to Change Java Version of Maven less than 1 minute read ~> mvn -v Apache Maven 3.5.0 (ff8f5e7444045639af65f6095c62210b5713f426; 2017-04-03T15:39:06-04:00) Maven home: /usr/local/Cellar/maven/3.5.0/libexec Java version: 1.8.0_131, vendor: Oracle Corporation Java home: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_131.jdk/Contents/Home/jre Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8 OS name: "mac os x", version: "10.13.1", arch: "x86_64", family: "mac" ~> echo $JAVA_HOME ~> ~> /usr/libexec/java_home /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_131.jdk/Contents/Home ~> /usr/libexec/java_home -V Matching Java Virtual Machines (2): 1.8.0_131, x86_64: "Java SE 8" /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_131.jdk/Contents/Home 1.7.0_80, x86_64: "Java SE 7" /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_80.jdk/Contents/Home /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_131.jdk/Contents/Home ~> echo 'export JAVA_HOME=`/usr/libexec/java_home -v "1.7*"`' >> ~/.zshrc ~> exit ~> echo $JAVA_HOME /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_80.jdk/Contents/Home ~> mvn -v Apache Maven 3.5.0 (ff8f5e7444045639af65f6095c62210b5713f426; 2017-04-03T15:39:06-04:00) Maven home: /usr/local/Cellar/maven/3.5.0/libexec Java version: 1.7.0_80, vendor: Oracle Corporation Java home: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_80.jdk/Contents/Home/jre Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8 OS name: "mac os x", version: "10.13.1", arch: "x86_64", family: "mac" ~> /usr/libexec/java_home /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_131.jdk/Contents/Home Share on Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Previous Next