What's the latest version of build-helper-maven-plugin that requires JDK 1.6?

Question

The latest version of the Build Helper Maven plugin ( 1.10 at the moment) requires Java 1.7 , which broke my build. The plugin documentation page only shows Java version requirement for the latest version.

Answer 1

Looking at Build Helper Maven Plugin versions, here

• version 1.9.1 points to parent POM org.codehaus.mojo.mojo-parent version 33 , which still sets its Java target at 1.5 (via the property mojo.java.target ).

• version 1.10 points to parent POM org.codehaus.mojo.mojo-parent version 38 , which sets its Java target at 1.7

Hence, Build Helper Maven Plugin 1.9.1 is the latest version compatible with Java 6 . From that version on, Java 7 is the default target.