JDBC Advantage Database exception raised

when trying to configure a connection to “Sybase - Advantage Database Server ver 10.10.0.49” using version JDBC ver 10.10.0.49(Platforms for Advantage JDBC Driver Release 10.1 - Advantage Developer Zone), when running liqibase:

liquibase --changelog-file=dbchangelog3.xml update --log-level all

with the following configuration:

classpath: C:/Advantage_10/JDBC/adsjdbc.jar
driver: com.extendedsystems.jdbc.advantage.ADSDriver
url: jdbc:extendedsystems:advantage://SERVER:PORT/C$/DBData/DB.add
username: XXXXXX
password: XXXXXX

raises an exception:

[2022-12-05 13:28:53] FINE [liquibase.database] Connecting to the URL:'jjdbc:extendedsystems:advantage://SERVER:PORT/C$/DBData/DB.add' using driver:'com .extendedsystems.jdbc.advantage.ADSDriver'
[2022-12-05 13:28:53] FINE [liquibase.servicelocator] Loaded liquibase.database.DatabaseConnection instance liquibase.database.jvm.JdbcConnection
[2022-12-05 13:28:53] FINE [liquibase.servicelocator] Loaded liquibase.database.DatabaseConnection instance com.datical.liquibase.ext.database.jvm.ProJdbcConnection
[2022-12-05 13:28:53] FINE [liquibase.database] Connection has been created
[2022-12-05 13:28:53] WARNING [liquibase.database] Unknown database: Advantage Database Server
[2022-12-05 13:28:53] FINE [liquibase.database] Connected to XXXXXX@jdbc:extendedsystems:advantage://SERVER:PORT
[2022-12-05 13:28:53] FINE [liquibase.database] Setting auto commit to false from true
[2022-12-05 13:28:53] SEVERE [liquibase.integration] Cannot invoke "String.toUpperCase()" because the return value of "java.sql.DatabaseMetaData.getSQLKeywords()" is null
liquibase.exception.CommandExecutionException: liquibase.exception.DatabaseException: java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "String.toUpperCase()" because the return value of "java.sql.DatabaseMetaData.getSQLKeywords()" is null