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Probably incompatible Java version: https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/compatibility.html

So I installed java8, but now i need to figure out how to pint gradle to jdk8

This is the canonical way to set the Java version; you would add this snippet to your convention plugin in `buildSrc`:

java {
    toolchain {
        languageVersion = JavaLanguageVersion.of(21)
    }
}

Beyond that, you just need to ensure that a JDK with the specified version is on your path when you run Gradle, though that's almost always taken care of when you install the JDK.

@Mike Wacker that's not particularly helpful. The topic here is about running Gradle with a Java version it is compatible with and for that JVM toolchains are pointless. 😉

Thank you! This helped me get a clean build.