I wanted to use the SonarQube version which supports the Java 8 as my application code has Java 8 Used and while i am scanning my code and performing the code analysis using Sonar i am getting below error:
**[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.sonarsource.scanner.maven:sonar-maven-plugin:4.0.0.4121:sonar (default-cli) on project *: Execution default-cli of goal org.sonarsource.scanner.maven:sonar-maven-plugin:4.0.0.4121:sonar failed: Unable to load the mojo ‘sonar’ in the plugin ‘org.sonarsource.scanner.maven:sonar-maven-plugin:4.0.0.4121’ due to an API incompatibility: org.codehaus.plexus.component.repository.exception.ComponentLookupException: org/sonarsource/scanner/maven/SonarQubeMojo 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
154[ERROR] -----------------------------------------------------
155[ERROR] realm = plugin>org.codehaus.mojo:sonar-maven-plugin:4.0.0.4121
156[ERROR] strategy = org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.strategy.SelfFirstStrategy
157[ERROR] urls[0] = file:/home/ubuntu/.m2/repository/org/sonarsource/scanner/maven/sonar-maven-plugin/4.0.0.4121/sonar-maven-plugin-4.0.0.4121.jar
158[ERROR] urls[1] = file:/home/ubuntu/.m2/repository/org/sonatype/plexus/plexus-sec-dispatcher/1.4/plexus-sec-dispatcher-1.4.jar
159[ERROR] urls[2] = file:/home/ubuntu/.m2/repository/org/codehaus/plexus/plexus-utils/1.5.5/plexus-utils-1.5.5.jar
160[ERROR] urls[3] = file:/home/ubuntu/.m2/repository/org/sonatype/plexus/plexus-cipher/1.4/plexus-cipher-1.4.jar
161[ERROR] urls[4] = file:/home/ubuntu/.m2/repository/org/sonarsource/scanner/api/sonar-scanner-api/2.16.3.1081/sonar-scanner-api-2.16.3.1081.jar
162[ERROR] urls[5] = file:/home/ubuntu/.m2/repository/commons-lang/commons-lang/2.6/commons-lang-2.6.jar
163[ERROR] Number of foreign imports: 1
164[ERROR] import: Entry[import from realm ClassRealm[maven.api, parent: null]]
165[ERROR]
166[ERROR] -----------------------------------------------------
167[ERROR]
168[ERROR] → [Help 1]
169[ERROR]
170[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
171[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
172[ERROR]
173[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
174[ERROR] [Help 1] PluginContainerException - Apache Maven - Apache Software Foundation
175Error: Process completed with exit code 1.
Please help me to resolve this issue and use the right version if this SonarQube version error. Currently I am using *** Community Edition**
*** v10.6**