diff --git a/com.microsoft.java.debug.plugin/src/main/java/com/microsoft/java/debug/plugin/internal/ResolveMainClassHandler.java b/com.microsoft.java.debug.plugin/src/main/java/com/microsoft/java/debug/plugin/internal/ResolveMainClassHandler.java
index fc818944..af9cdbc5 100644
--- a/com.microsoft.java.debug.plugin/src/main/java/com/microsoft/java/debug/plugin/internal/ResolveMainClassHandler.java
+++ b/com.microsoft.java.debug.plugin/src/main/java/com/microsoft/java/debug/plugin/internal/ResolveMainClassHandler.java
@@ -241,6 +241,13 @@ private boolean isMainMethod(IMethod method) {
             return method.isMainMethod();
         } catch (JavaModelException e) {
             // do nothing
+        } catch (NoSuchMethodError e) {
+            // isMainMethodCandidate() was added in JDT Core 3.36, fall back to isMainMethod()
+            try {
+                return method.isMainMethod();
+            } catch (JavaModelException ex) {
+                // do nothing
+            }
         }
 
         return false;
diff --git a/com.microsoft.java.debug.plugin/src/main/java/com/microsoft/java/debug/plugin/internal/ResolveMainMethodHandler.java b/com.microsoft.java.debug.plugin/src/main/java/com/microsoft/java/debug/plugin/internal/ResolveMainMethodHandler.java
index be1092bb..820bddd5 100644
--- a/com.microsoft.java.debug.plugin/src/main/java/com/microsoft/java/debug/plugin/internal/ResolveMainMethodHandler.java
+++ b/com.microsoft.java.debug.plugin/src/main/java/com/microsoft/java/debug/plugin/internal/ResolveMainMethodHandler.java
@@ -112,9 +112,13 @@ public static IMethod getMainMethod(IType type) throws JavaModelException {
         boolean allowInstanceMethod = isInstanceMainMethodSupported(type);
         List<IMethod> methods = new ArrayList<>();
         for (IMethod method : type.getMethods()) {
-            if (method instanceof SourceMethod
-                && ((SourceMethod) method).isMainMethodCandidate()) {
-                methods.add(method);
+            try {
+                if (method instanceof SourceMethod
+                    && ((SourceMethod) method).isMainMethodCandidate()) {
+                    methods.add(method);
+                }
+            } catch (NoSuchMethodError e) {
+                // isMainMethodCandidate() was added in JDT Core 3.36, skip if unavailable
             }
 
             if (method.isMainMethod()) {