Build Failure

Start by running mvn clean compile exec:java in the cloned aws-java-sample project and inspect the Maven compiler configuration responsible for the source and target versions. Done means the sample compiles and the command completes without the reported Java build failure.

I followed these instructions from the Getting Started with the JAVA SDK https://aws.amazon.com/developers/getting-started/java/:

Download the Sample Project
git clone https://github.com/awslabs/aws-java-sample.git

From the aws-java-sample directory, run:
mvn clean compile exec:java

I however get the following build error:

[INFO] Changes detected - recompiling the module!
[INFO] Compiling 1 source file to C:\Users\jamisch\Documents\GitHub\aws-java-sample\target\classes
[INFO] -------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] COMPILATION ERROR :
[INFO] -------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Source option 5 is no longer supported. Use 6 or later.
[ERROR] Target option 1.5 is no longer supported. Use 1.6 or later.
[INFO] 2 errors
[INFO] -------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time:  19.220 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2018-11-01T17:36:06-07:00
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.1:compile (default-compile) on project aws-java-sample: Co
[ERROR] Source option 5 is no longer supported. Use 6 or later.
[ERROR] Target option 1.5 is no longer supported. Use 1.6 or later.
[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