Intellij:source release 1.8 requires target release 1.8

Posted on 2018-08-25 Edited on 2021-11-21 In Java Views: 29 Words count: 259 Reading time ≈ 1 mins.

Issue

Intellij run application had the following error

Error:java: javacTask: source release 1.8 requires target release 1.8

Try to go to File –> Settings –> Build, Execution, Deployment –> Java Compiler.

Change the “Target bytecode version” to 1.8 of the module that you are working for