openjdk is keg-only, which means it was not symlinked into /opt/homebrew, because macOS provides similar software and installing this software in parallel can cause all kinds of trouble.

Output openjdk: stable 16.0.1 (bottled) Development kit for the Java programming language Not installed From: License: GPL-2.0-only with Classpath-exception-2.0 => Dependencies Build: autoconf ✘ => Requirements Build: Xcode ✘ => Caveats For the system Java wrappers to find this JDK, symlink it with sudo ln -sfn /opt/homebrew/opt/openjdk/libexec/openjdk.jdk /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/openjdk.jdk This is a beta version of openjdk for Apple Silicon (openjdk 17 preview). Output => Formulae app-engine-java java javacc jslint4java pdftk-java google-java-format java11 javarepl libreadline-java => Casks homebrew/cask-versions/java-beta homebrew/cask/eclipse-java Checking the details about the Formulae named java $ brew info java Naturally, I used the following commands to check and install the latest JDK using Homebrew Checking available Java versions via Homebrew $ brew seach java I wanted to build and run a spring boot project. I recently got hold of a M1 MacBook Pro and was faced with the challenge of setting up java developer env.

Brew install java 11