# Execution failed for task ':gradle-plugin:compileKotlin'

**URL:** https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/execution-failed-for-task-compilekotlin/27793
**Category:** Android
**Created:** [December 12, 2023, 8:01pm UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/execution-failed-for-task-compilekotlin/27793 "2023-12-12T20:01:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![tolulopeahmed](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.kotlinlang.org/tolulopeahmed/32/10660_2.png) [@tolulopeahmed](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/u/tolulopeahmed)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2023, 8:01pm UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/execution-failed-for-task-compilekotlin/27793/1 "2023-12-12T20:01:06Z")

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PLEASE HELP.  
I’m not able to build my apk for my react native app. I keep getting this error…

C:\Users\tolul\Downloads\PROJECTS\NewMyFund\MyFundApp-frontend\MyFundApp-frontend\node\_modules@react-native\gradle-plugin\src\main\kotlin\com\facebook\react\utils\TaskUtils.kt: (27, 12): Class ‘kotlin.collections.ArraysKt\_\_\_ArraysKt’ was compiled with an incompatible version of Kotlin. The binary version of its metadata is 1.9.0, expected version is 1.7.1.  
The class is loaded from C:/Users/tolul/Downloads/gradle-8.5-bin/gradle-8.5/bin/wrapper/dists/gradle-8.5-bin/5t9huq95ubn472n8rpzujfbqh/gradle-8.5/lib/kotlin-stdlib-1.9.20.jar!/kotlin/collections/ArraysKt\_\_\_ArraysKt.class

> Task :gradle-plugin:compileKotlin FAILED

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

- What went wrong:  
Execution failed for task ‘:gradle-plugin:compileKotlin’.

> A failure occurred while executing org.jetbrains.kotlin.compilerRunner.GradleCompilerRunnerWithWorkers$GradleKotlinCompilerWorkAction  
> Compilation error. See log for more details

- Try:

> Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.  
> Run with --scan to get full insights.  
> Get more help at [https://help.gradle.org](https://help.gradle.org).

- Exception is:  
org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskExecutionException: Execution failed for task ‘:gradle-plugin:compileKotlin’.  
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.execution.ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.lambda$executeIfValid$1(ExecuteActionsTaskExecuter.java:148)  
at org.gradle.internal.Try$Failure.ifSuccessfulOrElse(Try.java:282)  
at

BUILD FAILED in 33s  
8 actionable tasks: 1 executed, 7 up-to-date

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### Author: ![vk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/cab0a1/32.png) [@vk](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/u/vk)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2023, 11:40am UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/execution-failed-for-task-compilekotlin/27793/2 "2023-12-14T11:40:00Z")

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Kotlin doc says that fully supported gradle for kotlin 1.9.20 is gradle 8.1. It looks like you are using gradle 8.5.

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### Author: ![anushkakickboxer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@anushkakickboxer](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/u/anushkakickboxer)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2025, 12:48pm UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/execution-failed-for-task-compilekotlin/27793/3 "2025-02-12T12:48:29Z")

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hey there, even i am encountering the same issue, my gradle is 8.1 and kotlin is 1.8.22, could you tell me any other solution to fix the same issue