How to fix the Oracle error ORA-39142: incompatible version number string in dump file “string”?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-39142: incompatible version number string in dump file “string” with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-39142: incompatible version number string in dump file “string”

Reason for the Error ORA-39142: incompatible version number string in dump file “string”

A dump file was specified for an import operation whose version number is incompatible with the dump file version of the Data Pump product currently running on the system. Usually this message indicates that the dump file was produced by a newer version of the Data Pump export utility.

How to fix the Error ORA-39142: incompatible version number string in dump file “string” ?

You can fix this error in Oracle by following the below steps

Import this dump file using the Data Pump import utility with the same version as the export which created the file.