'UnsupportedClassVersionError: has been compiled by a more recent version of the Java Runtime (class file version 55.0), this version (..)up to 52.0

I'm trying to launch the jar file I've builded for my Spring Boot project. First I did:

mvn clean package spring-boot:repackage

then I've tried to launch the jar file, and I had the following error:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: it/sysdata/helios_backend_admin/HeliosAdminBackendApplication has been compiled by a more recent version of the Java Runtime (class file version 55.0), this version of the Java Runtime only recognizes class file versions up to 52.0 at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method) at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source) at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source) at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source) at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(Unknown Source) at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source) at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) at org.springframework.boot.loader.LaunchedURLClassLoader.loadClass(LaunchedURLClassLoader.java:93) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source) at org.springframework.boot.loader.MainMethodRunner.run(MainMethodRunner.java:46) at org.springframework.boot.loader.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:87) at org.springframework.boot.loader.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:50) at org.springframework.boot.loader.JarLauncher.main(JarLauncher.java:51)

I've checked and java version is 11 everywhere (at least from what I saw). This is the pom:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <parent>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
        <version>2.1.2.RELEASE</version>
        <relativePath /> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
    </parent>
    <groupId>it.sysdata</groupId>
    <artifactId>helios_backend_admin</artifactId>
    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <name>helios-admin-backend</name>
        <packaging>jar</packaging>
    <description>Helios Backend for Dashboard admin</description>

    <properties>
        <java.version>11</java.version>
        <flowable.version>6.4.1</flowable.version>
        <swagger.version>2.9.2</swagger.version>
        <jwt.version>0.9.1</jwt.version>
        <cron4j.version>2.2.5</cron4j.version>  
    </properties>

    <dependencies>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
            <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
        </dependency>  

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
            <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
            <scope>runtime</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>


        <!-- Flowable -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.flowable</groupId>
            <artifactId>flowable-spring-boot-starter-process</artifactId>
            <version>${flowable.version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.flowable</groupId>
            <artifactId>flowable-http</artifactId>
            <version>${flowable.version}</version>
        </dependency>  
        <!-- Swagger -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>io.springfox</groupId>
            <artifactId>springfox-swagger2</artifactId>
            <version>${swagger.version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>io.springfox</groupId>
            <artifactId>springfox-swagger-ui</artifactId>
            <version>${swagger.version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <!-- JWT -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>io.jsonwebtoken</groupId>
            <artifactId>jjwt</artifactId>
            <version>${jwt.version}</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-cache</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-jdbc</artifactId>
        </dependency>



        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-configuration-processor</artifactId>
            <optional>true</optional>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-security</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-security-test</artifactId>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.mongodb</groupId>
            <artifactId>mongo-java-driver</artifactId>
            <version>3.10.1</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>it.sauronsoftware.cron4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>cron4j</artifactId>
            <version>${cron4j.version}</version>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>
    <build>
        <finalName>${artifactId}</finalName>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                <configuration>
                <source>11</source>
                <target>11</target>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>
</project>

These are my settings under Project Properties -> Java Compiler -> JDK Compliance:

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Then in Window-> Preferences -> Installed JREs:

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UPDATE

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Solution 1:[1]

The real problem was, you built classes before by some upgraded version of JDK than what you currently have.

I too faced a similar issue, which I solved in Eclipse by following steps:

Project Properties (Alt + EnterKey) -> Java Build Path -> "Libraries" section -> 
classpath -> select "JRE System Library" -> Edit -> Execution environment from "JRE System Library" window ->
 Select the exact JDK version you currently have -> Apply -> Apply & Close.

Solution 2:[2]

Can you try to add the below maven compiler plugin and check.

<plugin>
    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>3.8.0</version>
    <configuration>
        <release>11</release>
    </configuration>
</plugin>

run the maven and build the jar and try to run.

Solution 3:[3]

I fixed by setting JAVA_HOME environment variable to point it to jdk12 directory on my machine.

Solution 4:[4]

I had similar issues running mvn org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:run on the command line. It turns out the plugin version was upgraded to something that no longer supports the version of java I was running ( java 11 ). Here is the ERROR I saw:

[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:3.0.0-M1:run (default-cli) on project PROJECT_NAME: Execution default-cli of goal org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:3.0.0-M1:run failed: Unable to load the mojo 'run' in the plugin 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:3.0.0-M1' due to an API incompatibility: org.codehaus.plexus.component.repository.exception.ComponentLookupException: org/springframework/boot/maven/RunMojo has been compiled by a more recent version of the Java Runtime (class file version 61.0), this version of the Java Runtime only recognizes class file versions up to 55.0

I was able to fix this by specifying the version in the command line mvn org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-maven-plugin:2.6.3:run ( notice :2.6.3 )

Solution 5:[5]

Just go find the right java JDK and install it, in your case (55.0 ~ JDk 11) This should work, at least for me.

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Solution 2 Sambit
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Solution 4 Scot
Solution 5 RyanNeedSleep

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