Mojo Dependency issue with java 1.7

Question

Background: I have a EJB application which runs on java 1.7 and we are using maven 3+ version for building the code.

Issue: When I build this code I am getting java version mismatch issue i.e major and minor issue.

Error:

[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-install-plugin:3.1.0:install (default-install) on project XYZ: Execution default-install of goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-install-plugin:3.1.0:install failed: Unable to load the mojo 'install' in the plugin 'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-install-plugin:3.1.0' due to an API incompatibility: org.codehaus.plexus.component.repository.exception.ComponentLookupException: org/apache/maven/plugins/install/InstallMojo : Unsupported major.minor version 52.0
[ERROR] realm =    plugin>org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-install-plugin:3.1.0
[ERROR] strategy = org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.strategy.SelfFirstStrategy
[ERROR] urls[0] = file:/C:/Users/A/.m2/repository/org/apache/maven/plugins/maven-install-plugin/3.1.0/maven-install-plugin-3.1.0.jar
[ERROR] urls[1] = file:/C:/Users/A/.m2/repository/org/eclipse/aether/aether-util/1.0.0.v20140518/aether-util-1.0.0.v20140518.jar
[ERROR] urls[2] = file:/C:/Users/A/.m2/repository/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-utils/3.3.0/plexus-utils-3.3.0.jar
[ERROR] Number of foreign imports: 1
[ERROR] import: Entry[import  from realm ClassRealm[project>com.test:XYZ:9.0.5-SNAPSHOT, parent: ClassRealm[maven.api, parent: null]]]

Java Version : 1.7 Maven Version : 3.8.6

FYI: I don't want to change the java version

Things I have already checked:

1. Cleared .m2 folders and build.
2. Checked java version it's pointing to 1.7
3. Checked java compilation version and it's pointing to 1.7
4. Checked the maven version and it's java version which it is pointing to and the version is 1.7

Answer 1

maven-install-plugin 3.1.0 requires Java 8. You need to switch to an earlier version, like 3.0.1.