21w19a

build.gradle

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ plugins {
 	id 'maven-publish'
 }
 
-sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
-targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_16
+targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_16
 
 archivesBaseName = project.archives_base_name
 version = project.minecraft_version+'-'+project.mod_version+'+v'+new Date().format('yyMMdd')
@@ -52,16 +52,8 @@ tasks.withType(JavaCompile).configureEach {
 	// If Javadoc is generated, this must be specified in that task too.
 	it.options.encoding = "UTF-8"
 
-	// The Minecraft launcher currently installs Java 8 for users, so your mod probably wants to target Java 8 too
-	// JDK 9 introduced a new way of specifying this that will make sure no newer classes or methods are used.
-	// We'll use that if it's available, but otherwise we'll use the older option.
-	def targetVersion = 8
-	if (JavaVersion.current().isJava9Compatible()) {
-		 it.options.release = targetVersion
-	}
-
 	// Minecraft 1.17 (21w19a) upwards uses Java 16.
-	//it.options.release = 16
+	it.options.release = 16
 }
 
 java {