In order to resolve this error message, you will have to upgrade the Gradle version in the "build.gradle" file.
I have had this error after updating Android Studio to the latest release and the Gradle plugin too.
I have then checked what is the latest version of Gradle on the following page : https://bintray.com/bintray/jcenter/org.jetbrains.kotlin%3Akotlin-gradle-plugin
And I found that the latest version is the 1.3.11
Then I opened the "build.gradle" file in my Android Studio project and I modified the line "ext.kotlin.version = '1.2.71'" to "ext.kotlin.version = '1.3.11'".
That did the trick !