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 mvn clean verify -f builds/org.eclipse.emf.edapt.releng/pom.xml -Dtycho.disableP2Mirrors=true
 ```
 
-The Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment is JavaSE-1.6
+The Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment is JavaSE-1.8
 
 The p2-repository is created at `builds/org.eclipse.emf.edapt.releng.p2/target/repository`