first time starting with react native CLI, i don’t understand how to solve this..

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
A problem occurred configuring root project 'AwesomeProject'.
> Could not open cp_proj generic class cache for build file 'C:UsersasusDocumentsreactNativeAwesomeProjectandroidbuild.gradle' (C:Usersasus.gradlecaches8.6scriptseg8s6dz6cwm29aqqxmw0mjlki).
   > BUG! exception in phase 'semantic analysis' in source unit '_BuildScript_' Unsupported class file major version 66

* Try:
> Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace.
> Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.
> Run with --scan to get full insights.
> Get more help at https://help.gradle.org.

BUILD FAILED in 3m 50s
error Failed to install the app. Command failed with exit code 1: gradlew.bat app:installDebug -PreactNativeDevServerPort=8081 FAILURE: Build failed with an exception. * What went wrong: A problem occurred configuring root project 'AwesomeProject'. > Could not open cp_proj generic class cache for build file 'C:UsersasusDocumentsreactNativeAwesomeProjectandroidbuild.gradle' (C:Usersasus.gradlecaches8.6scriptseg8s6dz6cwm29aqqxmw0mjlki). > BUG! exception in phase 'semantic analysis' in source unit '_BuildScript_' Unsupported class file major version 66 * Try: > Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. > Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. > Run with --scan to get full insights. > Get more help at https://help.gradle.org. BUILD FAILED in 3m 50s.
info Run CLI with --verbose flag for more details.
PS C:UsersasusDocumentsreactNativeawesomeproject> 

not sure what it is, no idea about cp_proj generic