I'm getting "Fatal error compiling: invalid target release: 21" when trying to run "mvn test"

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[INFO] OpenMRS ............................................ SUCCESS [ 13.504 s]

[INFO] openmrs-tools ...................................... SUCCESS [  4.887 s]

[INFO] openmrs-test ....................................... SUCCESS [  0.322 s]

[INFO] openmrs-api ........................................ FAILURE [  9.700 s]

[INFO] openmrs-web ........................................ SKIPPED

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[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.14.1:compile (default-compile) on project openmrs-api: Fatal error compiling: invalid target release: 21 ->

Running mvn -e -X test shows:

[INFO] Compiling 774 source files with javac [debug target 21] to target/classes

Is this referring to a Java version or something else? I installed Java 8 as described here: https://openmrs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/docs/pages/25475060/Install+Java+SE

And I verified the versions as follows:

ck@2018-ck-nuc:~/Documents/github/openmrs-core$ java -version

openjdk version "1.8.0_482"

OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_482-8u482-ga~us1-0ubuntu1~22.04-b08)

OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.482-b08, mixed mode)


ck@2018-ck-nuc:~/Documents/github/openmrs-core$ javac -version

javac 1.8.0_482

Or should I be running a different maven target (e.g., not test) to make sure that the automated tests pass?

Thanks in advance for any help.

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Openmrs core requires a minimum of java 21.

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Thank you! Once I have verified this works in my environment, should I update these pages to reflect that Java 21 is now required?

https://openmrs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/docs/pages/25470205/Step+by+Step+Installation+for+Developers https://openmrs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/docs/pages/25475060/Install+Java+SE

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Yes. But clearly indicate that it applies only for the master branch (3.0.0-SNAPSHOT)