# I can't start a new session in Appium

**URL:** <https://discuss.appium.io/t/i-cant-start-a-new-session-in-appium/42118>\
**Category:** Issues/Bugs\
**Created:** [March 29, 2024, 10:53pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/i-cant-start-a-new-session-in-appium/42118 "2024-03-29T22:53:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jordi](https://discuss.appium.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/53a042/32.png) [@Jordi](https://discuss.appium.io/u/Jordi)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 5:08pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/i-cant-start-a-new-session-in-appium/42118/3 "2024-04-03T17:08:27Z")

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Upgrade appium java-client. updating to 9.2.2 worked for me

> [@org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: org.openqa.selenium.remote.ProtocolHandshake.createSession(org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.HttpHandler,java.util.function.Supplier,long)](https://discuss.appium.io/t/org-openqa-selenium-webdriverexception-java-lang-nosuchmethodexception-org-openqa-selenium-remote-protocolhandshake-createsession-org-openqa-selenium-remote-http-httphandler-java-util-function-supplier-long/42099/6):
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> Update to v. 9.2.2 Always check [the compatibility matrix](https://github.com/appium/java-client?tab=readme-ov-file#compatibility-matrix) to see if the current java client version is compatible to the selenium one

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