Sybase 12/15 is removed by R2024-12. Is it possible to use Sybase 16 instead?

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Is there backward compatibility? The Sybase database we have is ASE 15.0.3 EBF 17770 ESD#4. May we use Sybase DB connection with DB version "Sybase 16" instead?

Talend version 8 R2025-01. Build id: 20250126_0750-patch

When I try to change my old DB connection from Sybase 12/15 (which now is removed) to Sybase 16, I get this error meesage:
Connection failure. You must change the Database Settings.
java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.sybase.jdbc4.jdbc.SybDriver

If I try to complile and run my old Talend job, I get this error message:

Detail Message: com.sybase.jdbc4 cannot be resolved to a type

at org.talend.designer.runprocess.JobErrorsChecker.checkLastGenerationHasCompilationError(JobErrorsChecker.java:358)

The code line which fails is this:

String driverClass_tDBConnection_1 = com.sybase.jdbc4.jdbc.SybDriver.class.getName();