Why am I getting "Received fatal alert: protocol_version" or "peer not authenticated" from Maven Central?

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Solution 1: configure Java 7

It is need to enable TLS 1.2 protocol with Java property in the command line

mvn -Dhttps.protocols=TLSv1.2 install

install is just an example of a goal

The same error for ant can be solved by this way

java -Dhttps.protocols=TLSv1.2 -cp %ANT_HOME%/lib/ant-launcher.jar org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher

Solution 2: use Java 7 with Oracle Advanced Support

Also problem can be solved by updating the Java 7 version. But the last available version (7u80) doesn't fix the problem. It is need to use an update provided with Oracle Advanced Support (formerly known as Java for Business).

Solution 3: use Java 8 instead

Configure $JAVA_HOME to point to Java 8.

In June 2018, in an effort to raise security and comply with modern standards, the insecure TLS 1.0 & 1.1 protocols will no longer be supported for SSL connections to Central. This should only affect users of Java 6 (and Java 7) that are also using https to access central, which by our metrics is less than .2% of users.

For more details and workarounds, see the blog and faq here: https://blog.sonatype.com/enhancing-ssl-security-and-http/2-support-for-central

The following command helped me (executing on bash before running mvn)

export MAVEN_OPTS=-Dhttps.protocols=TLSv1,TLSv1.1,TLSv1.2

As said @v.ladynev, it works with JDK 1.7

With Eclipse, to be able to perform a "Run As" maven install with the TLS command-line parameter, just configure the JDK you're using.

Open the dialog through Window > Preferences > Java > Installed JREs.

Then highlight the one you're using (should be a JDK, not a JRE), click on Edit. In the field "Default VM arguments", fill the value -Dhttps.protocols=TLSv1,TLSv1.1,TLSv1.2. As shown below:

Clean the project (maybe optional), then re-run a maven install.

I'm sorry, I don't know why you get the error message. However, I'm using Java 7 and Windows 10 and the solution for me was to temporarily use Java 8 by changing the JAVA_HOME environment variable. Then I could run mvn install and fetch from Maven Central Repository.

Update maven version to 3.6.3 and run

mvn -Dhttps.protocols=TLSv1.2 install

it worked on centos 6.9