Problem with running react-native android on mac Os

i am new to react native running yarn android i get an error concerning gradle...

i will be greatfull if anyone can help me..

`FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

• Where:Settings file '/Users/username/Desktop/personal projects/appname/android/settings.gradle'

• What went wrong:Could not compile settings file '/Users/username/Desktop/personal projects/appname/android/settings.gradle'.

startup failed:General error during semantic analysis: Unsupported class file major version 61

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unsupported class file major version 61`