[Flutter] Gradle Build Fails with "Unsupported class file major version 65" After Updating to...

I’m working on a Flutter project and recently updated to Java 17. Since the update, my build fails with the following error when trying to run assembleDebug:

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

• What went wrong: Could not open cp_settings generic class cache for settings file '.../android/settings.gradle'.

BUG! exception in phase 'semantic analysis' in source unit 'BuildScript' Unsupported class file major version 65
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It seems to be related to Gradle and Java compatibility. I’ve already tried updating the gradle-wrapper.properties to a Gradle version that supports Java 17, but the error persists. Here's what I’ve done so far:

Updated gradle-wrapper.properties to use Gradle version 7.3.3:

distributionUrl=https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.3.3-bin.zip Ensured Java 17 is installed and set as the default JAVA_HOME on my system.

Flutter doctor output confirms that Flutter is using Java 17.

Despite these steps, the build continues to fail. Here's the full error output:

BUG! exception in phase 'semantic analysis' in source unit 'BuildScript' Unsupported class file major version 65
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Steps I’ve Tried: Updating Gradle to 7.3.3 in gradle-wrapper.properties. Running flutter clean and rebuilding the project. Ensuring JAVA_HOME is pointing to the correct Java 17 installation. Environment: Flutter version: (specific version) Java version: 17 Gradle version: 7.3.3 (set in gradle-wrapper.properties)

This is my build.gradle code

compileOptions {
sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_17
targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_17
}

kotlinOptions {
jvmTarget = '17'
}


P.S. All of this started when i updated Android Studio to the Ladybug version

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