VSCode + maven project wrong java version

Question

JAVA_HOME:

PS C:\Users\Himanshu\Desktop\work\demo> $Env:JAVA_HOME
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-17.0.1

Java version mismatch

Please see the above image. Why is it displaying Java 1.6 and in brackets pointing to java 17? This is also not compiling lambda functions.

Looks like a bug in VSCode.

EDIT: I switched to Intellij Idea. And it worked smoothly. It is using the JAVA_HOME. :)

Answer 1

Removing the following from pom.xml of my project fixed it:

<properties>
  <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
  <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
</properties>

Answer 2

Ctrl+Shift+P , type (with auto-completion): "Java: Configure Runtime" (per project;)