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class file has wrong version 55.0, should be 53.0

See original GitHub issue

Keep getting this error everytime I run ./mvnw clean install, the error arises with both Java 1.8.0_252 and Java 11.0.3 for Kali Linux , done some research and can’t seem to find a solution.

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[ERROR] COMPILATION ERROR : 
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[ERROR] /home/kali/uber-apk-signer/src/main/java/at/favre/tools/apksigner/ui/MultiKeystoreParser.java:[6,24] cannot access java.util.stream.Collectors
bad class file: /modules/java.base/java/util/stream/Collectors.class
class file has wrong version 55.0, should be 53.0
Please remove or make sure it appears in the correct subdirectory of the classpath.
[INFO] 1 error
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[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
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[INFO] Total time:  13.585 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2021-11-09T04:54:32-05:00
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[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.8.1:compile (default-compile) on project uber-apk-signer: Compilation failure
[ERROR] /home/kali/uber-apk-signer/src/main/java/at/favre/tools/apksigner/ui/MultiKeystoreParser.java:[6,24] cannot access java.util.stream.Collectors
[ERROR]   bad class file: /modules/java.base/java/util/stream/Collectors.class
[ERROR]     class file has wrong version 55.0, should be 53.0
[ERROR]     Please remove or make sure it appears in the correct subdirectory of the classpath.
[ERROR] 
[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/MojoFailureException