Compiler throws Internal error (java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError) on compiling JDK 8 project

[jlmoya]

On IntelliJ 2022.1 when rebuilding a JDK 1.8 project, the compiler throws the following exception:

Internal error (java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError): com/intellij/jps/impl/JpsIdePluginManagerImpl 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
java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: com/intellij/jps/impl/JpsIdePluginManagerImpl 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:468)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:74)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:369)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:363)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:362)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:418)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:351)
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:348)
at java.util.ServiceLoader$LazyIterator.nextService(ServiceLoader.java:370)
at java.util.ServiceLoader$LazyIterator.next(ServiceLoader.java:404)
at java.util.ServiceLoader$1.next(ServiceLoader.java:480)
at org.jetbrains.jps.service.impl.JpsServiceManagerImpl.loadExtensions(JpsServiceManagerImpl.java:87)
at org.jetbrains.jps.service.impl.JpsServiceManagerImpl.getExtensions(JpsServiceManagerImpl.java:58)
at org.jetbrains.jps.model.serialization.JpsModelSerializerExtension.getExtensions(JpsModelSerializerExtension.java:47)
at org.jetbrains.jps.model.serialization.library.JpsSdkTableSerializer.getSdkPropertiesSerializer(JpsSdkTableSerializer.java:131)
at org.jetbrains.jps.model.serialization.library.JpsSdkTableSerializer.loadSdk(JpsSdkTableSerializer.java:67)
at org.jetbrains.jps.model.serialization.library.JpsSdkTableSerializer.loadSdks(JpsSdkTableSerializer.java:59)
at org.jetbrains.jps.model.serialization.JpsGlobalLoader$SdkTableSerializer.loadExtension(JpsGlobalLoader.java:117)
at org.jetbrains.jps.model.serialization.JpsGlobalLoader$SdkTableSerializer.loadExtension(JpsGlobalLoader.java:110)
at org.jetbrains.jps.model.serialization.JpsLoaderBase.loadComponents(JpsLoaderBase.java:45)
at org.jetbrains.jps.model.serialization.JpsGlobalLoader.loadGlobalComponents(JpsGlobalLoader.java:73)
at org.jetbrains.jps.model.serialization.JpsGlobalLoader.load(JpsGlobalLoader.java:63)
at org.jetbrains.jps.model.serialization.JpsGlobalLoader.loadGlobalSettings(JpsGlobalLoader.java:45)
at org.jetbrains.jps.model.serialization.impl.JpsSerializationManagerImpl.loadModel(JpsSerializationManagerImpl.java:21)
at org.jetbrains.jps.cmdline.JpsModelLoaderImpl.loadModel(JpsModelLoaderImpl.java:34)
at org.jetbrains.jps.cmdline.BuildRunner.load(BuildRunner.java:69)
at org.jetbrains.jps.cmdline.BuildSession.runBuild(BuildSession.java:323)
at org.jetbrains.jps.cmdline.BuildSession.run(BuildSession.java:174)
at org.jetbrains.jps.cmdline.BuildMain$MyMessageHandler.lambda$channelRead0$0(BuildMain.java:218)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)

For a similar error, please look at: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-288003

After trial and error, disabling/enabling all plugins, I found that this is the plugin causing the error.