Dynamic Web Module 3.0 requires Java 1.6 or newer” in Maven Projects

Open your project’s pom.xml and add this plugin tag

<build>     <plugins>         <plugin>         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>         <version>3.1</version>         <configuration>             <source>1.8</source>             <target>1.8</target>         </configuration>     </plugin>     </plugins> </build>

Finally, right click on your project > Maven > Update Project