Failing to run rewrite-maven-plugin: unmet prerequisites with Corretto JDK 11 #11578
Description
Affected version
3.9.12
Bug description
Introduced with 3.9.12, unable to run rewrite-maven-plugin with Coretto JDK 11
I'm guessing its related to #11479
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.openrewrite.maven:rewrite-maven-plugin:5.42.0:run (default-cli) on project maven-multiple-level-modules-parent:
[ERROR] The plugin org.openrewrite.maven:rewrite-maven-plugin:5.42.0 has unmet prerequisites:
[ERROR] Required Java version 21 is not met by current version: 11.0.28
To reproduce
- Clone https://github.com/andyglick/maven-multi-level-modules-project
- Use sdkman to switch to Coretto JDK 11 -
sdk install java 11.0.28-amzn - Run rewrite
mvn -U org.openrewrite.maven:rewrite-maven-plugin:5.42.0:run
Full output
➜ maven-multi-level-modules-project git:(master) ✗ java --version
openjdk 11.0.28 2025-07-15 LTS
OpenJDK Runtime Environment Corretto-11.0.28.6.1 (build 11.0.28+6-LTS)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Corretto-11.0.28.6.1 (build 11.0.28+6-LTS, mixed mode)
➜ maven-multi-level-modules-project git:(master) ✗ mvn --version
Apache Maven 3.9.12 (848fbb4bf2d427b72bdb2471c22fced7ebd9a7a1)
Maven home: /opt/homebrew/Cellar/maven/3.9.12/libexec
Java version: 11.0.28, vendor: Amazon.com Inc., runtime: /Users/erik/.sdkman/candidates/java/11.0.28-amzn
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: UTF-8
OS name: "mac os x", version: "26.1", arch: "aarch64", family: "mac"
➜ maven-multi-level-modules-project git:(master) ✗ mvn -U org.openrewrite.maven:rewrite-maven-plugin:5.42.0:run
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Reactor Build Order:
[INFO]
[INFO] maven-multiple-level-modules-parent [pom]
[INFO] maven-multiple-level-modules-sub-parent [pom]
[INFO] maven-multiple-level-modules-first [jar]
[INFO] maven-multiple-level-modules-second [jar]
[INFO]
[INFO] ---------< org.zrgs.maven:maven-multiple-level-modules-parent >---------
[INFO] Building maven-multiple-level-modules-parent 1.0.4-SNAPSHOT [1/4]
[INFO] from pom.xml
[INFO] --------------------------------[ pom ]---------------------------------
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Reactor Summary for maven-multiple-level-modules-parent 1.0.4-SNAPSHOT:
[INFO]
[INFO] maven-multiple-level-modules-parent ................ FAILURE [ 0.024 s]
[INFO] maven-multiple-level-modules-sub-parent ............ SKIPPED
[INFO] maven-multiple-level-modules-first ................. SKIPPED
[INFO] maven-multiple-level-modules-second ................ SKIPPED
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 0.168 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2025-12-18T13:57:06-05:00
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.openrewrite.maven:rewrite-maven-plugin:5.42.0:run (default-cli) on project maven-multiple-level-modules-parent:
[ERROR] The plugin org.openrewrite.maven:rewrite-maven-plugin:5.42.0 has unmet prerequisites:
[ERROR] Required Java version 21 is not met by current version: 11.0.28
[ERROR] -> [Help 1]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR]
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/PluginIncompatibleException