java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: com/android/build/gradle/AppPlugin : Unsupported major.minor version 52.0

Following is my code

package com.example.kl1

fun main(){
    println("Jesus is the WAY,the Truth and,the Life -John 14:6")
}

I was trying to run above kotline code on androd studio terminal and I got the following error:

java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: com/example/kl1/RockPaperScissorKt has been compiled by a more recent version of the Java Runtime (class file version 55.0), this version of the Java Runtime only recognizes class file versions up to 52.0
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:756)
    at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:142)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:473)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:74)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:369)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:363)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:362)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:418)
    at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:352)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:351)
    at sun.launcher.LauncherHelper.checkAndLoadMain(LauncherHelper.java:601)
Error: A JNI error has occurred, please check your installation and try again
Exception in thread "main" 
Process finished with exit code

What have I tried ?

I updated my jdk version to 23 and unistalled older version.
I checked by entering javac -version and java –version in cmd both are using same version of java.
3.and many other small correction I found online.
but nothing helped

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