Project generation Failed - Windows

[yasseralaa]

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.18363.1556]
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F:\work\Web3Labs\releases\testing-1474-issue>web3j new
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by Web3Labs
[ / ] Creating and building project ... Subsequent builds will be faster
Project generation Failed. Check log file for more information.

F:\work\Web3Labs\releases\testing-1474-issue>web3j -v
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by Web3Labs
Version: 1.4.1
Build timestamp: 2021-02-16 20:28:46.190 UTC

Logs:-
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class org.codehaus.groovy.vmplugin.v7.Java7
at org.codehaus.groovy.vmplugin.VMPluginFactory.(VMPluginFactory.java:43)
at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.GroovyClassValueFactory.(GroovyClassValueFactory.java:35)
at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.ClassInfo.(ClassInfo.java:109)
at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.ReflectionCache.getCachedClass(ReflectionCache.java:95)
at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.ReflectionCache.(ReflectionCache.java:39)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.metaclass.MetaClassRegistryImpl.registerMethods(MetaClassRegistryImpl.java:209)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.metaclass.MetaClassRegistryImpl.(MetaClassRegistryImpl.java:107)
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[tompetrillo]

me to.
brew install gradle
seems to push this issue forward, but now i get:

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Could not initialize class org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.InvokerHelper

* 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 703ms
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