gson: NoSuchMethodException for Android 4.2.2 devices

I am getting a strange issue/exception NoSuchMethodException for JellyBean (4.2.2) devices on my production version. Attached the screenshot of stack trace.

Here is my version of GSON:

    implementation 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.4'

I am getting this error every-time I try to call gson.fromJson or gson.toJson.

from gson: NoSuchMethodException for Android 4.2.2 devices