Upgrading DS/OpenDJ (All versions) fails with UnsupportedClassVersion error

Symptoms

An error similar to the following is shown when the upgrade fails:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: org/opends/server/tools/upgrade/UpgradeCli : Unsupported major.minor version 52.0  
   at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)  
   at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:800)  
   at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:142)  
   at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:449)  
   at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:71)  
   at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:361)  
   at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:355)  
   at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)  
   at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:354)  
   at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:425)  
   at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:308)  
   at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:358)  
   at sun.launcher.LauncherHelper.checkAndLoadMain(LauncherHelper.java:482)

The same error is shown in the Upgrade.log file.

Recent Changes

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Causes

The version of DS/OpenDJ you are upgrading to requires a different version of Java® than the one running on your server. The Java versions required are as follows:

• DS 6.5.x - Java 8 or 11
• DS 6 - Java 8 or 9
• DS 5.5.x - Java 8
• DS 5 - Java 7 or 8
• OpenDJ 3.x - Java 7 or 8

See the release notes applicable to your version for further information, for example: DS 6.5 Release Notes › Preparing the Java Environment.

Solution

This issue can be resolved by installing the required version of Java and then enabling the server to use the newer version as detailed in How do I change DS/OpenDJ (All versions) to use a different JDK version?

Once Java is successfully updated, you can then upgrade the DS/OpenDJ server.

See Also

How do I ensure DS/OpenDJ (All versions) uses the Java settings from java.properties file when starting?

Upgrading DS/OpenDJ

Installation Guide › Upgrading a Directory Server

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