diff --git a/docs/pages/release_notes.md b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
index 9b7c7671ed..7b65f09bea 100644
--- a/docs/pages/release_notes.md
+++ b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
@@ -49,9 +49,11 @@ at <https://pmd.github.io/latest/>.
     *   [#782](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/782): \[doc] Wrong information in the Release Notes about the Security ruleset
     *   [#794](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/794): \[doc] Broken documentation links for 6.0.0
 *   java
-    *   [#783](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/783): \[java] GuardLogStatement regression
     *   [#793](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/793): \[java] Parser error with private method in nested classes in interfaces
     *   [#812](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/812): \[java] Exception applying rule DataClass
+    *   [#814](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/814): \[java] UnsupportedClassVersionError is failure instead of a warning
+*   java-bestpractices
+    *   [#783](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/783): \[java] GuardLogStatement regression
     *   [#800](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/800): \[java] ForLoopCanBeForeach NPE when looping on `this` object
 *   java-design
     *   [#785](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/785): \[java] NPE in DataClass rule
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/typeresolution/ClassTypeResolver.java b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/typeresolution/ClassTypeResolver.java
index 7c357aaaf8..963940043b 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/typeresolution/ClassTypeResolver.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/typeresolution/ClassTypeResolver.java
@@ -572,7 +572,10 @@ public class ClassTypeResolver extends JavaParserVisitorAdapter {
                 }
             } catch (final NoSuchFieldException ignored) {
                 // swallow
-            } catch (final NoClassDefFoundError e) {
+            } catch (final LinkageError e) {
+                if (LOG.isLoggable(Level.WARNING)) {
+                    LOG.log(Level.WARNING, "Error during type resolution due to: " + e);
+                }
                 // TODO : report a missing class once we start doing that...
                 return null;
             }