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 === Building from Source
 Spring Initializer source can be build from the command line using
-https://maven.apache.org/run-maven/index.html[Apache Maven] on JDK 1.8 or above.
+https://maven.apache.org/run-maven/index.html[Apache Maven] on JDK 25 or above.
 We include '`Maven Wrapper`' scripts (`./mvnw` or `mvnw.bat`) that you can run rather
 than needing to install Maven locally.