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``` > The server may not support the client's requested TLS protocol versions: (TLSv1.2, TLSv1.3). You may need to configure the client to allow other protocols to be used. See: https://docs.gradle.org/7.5/userguide/build_environment.html#gradle_system_properties

> PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target```

Perhaps you are running Gradle with an older JVM that doesn’t support the TLS versions that the server does? Alternately, this can happen if you have some enterprise security proxy in the middle of the communication path.

Thank you so much for your help. i'll do some investigations along these lines.