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 This component uses a Maven 3 (http://maven.apache.org/) build
-environment. It requires a Java 6 JDK (or higher) and Maven (http://maven.apache.org/)
-3.0.3 or later. We recommend to use the latest Maven version.
+environment. It requires a Java 7 JDK (or higher) and Maven (http://maven.apache.org/)
+3.3.9 or later. We recommend to use the latest Maven version.
 
 If you have Maven installed, you can compile and
 package the jar using the following command: