Hi. Something strange happening to my gradle (groovy) project when trying to update kotlin version f...

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[Alex Stelmachonak]

Hi. Something strange happening to my gradle (groovy) project when trying to update kotlin version from 1.6.21 to 1.7.10:

An exception occurred applying plugin request [id: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm', version: '1.7.10']
> Failed to apply plugin 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm'.
   > The task 'compileKotlin' (org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompile) is not a subclass of the given type (org.gradle.api.tasks.compile.AbstractCompile).

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* Exception is:
org.gradle.api.plugins.InvalidPluginException: An exception occurred applying plugin request [id: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm', version: '1.7.10']
	at org.gradle.plugin.use.internal.DefaultPluginRequestApplicator.exceptionOccurred(DefaultPluginRequestApplicator.java:223)

Looks like something simple, but as often with gradle, simple things are not simple to find 😞

Any ideas anyone?

[Alex Stelmachonak]

Gradle version is latest (7.4.2)

[dmitriy.novozhilov]

1.7.10 is not released yet
Please wait for the announcement of use 1.7.0

[dmitriy.novozhilov]

BTW 1.7.10 was released
https://twitter.com/kotlin/status/1545358312283193345

[Alex Stelmachonak]

Doesn't matter - anything starting 1.7.0 gives same error.

[dmitriy.novozhilov]

cc @tapchicoma

[tapchicoma]

Since Kotlin 1.7.0 Kotlin compile tasks do not inherit AbstractCompile task

[tapchicoma]

FYI better to ask such questions in #gradle channel - most probably you will get the answer faster )

[Alex Stelmachonak]

Thanks guys, going to do as suggested.