Biber versions are closely coupled with Biblatex versions. You
        need to have the right combination of the two. Biber will warn
        you during processing if it encounters information which comes
        from a Biblatex version which is incompatible. Table 1 shows a
        compatibility matrix for the recent versions.

        Biber version | Biblatex version
             2.18     |   3.18
             2.17     |   3.17
             2.16     |   3.16
                    [...]
[1] https://sourceforge.net/projects/biblatex-biber/files/biblatex-biber/development/documentation/biber.pdf/d  ownload