What is the correct way to select nested information from a JSON file in Oracle 12.1.0.2?

I try to get information from a JSON file, described in the following select statement. This works in Oracle 19 and also on Oracle 12.2.0.1

with xmldata as (
  select '{
  "metaData": {
    "validForClearingDay": "2022-11-16",
    "createdStamp": "2022-11-15T16:30:17.329433+01:00"
  },
  "entries": [
    {
      "group": "01",
      "iid": 100,
      "branchId": "0000",
      "sicIid": "001008"
    },
    {
      "group": "01",
      "iid": 110,
      "branchId": "0000",
      "sicIid": "001100"
    }
  ]
}' data from dual)
select y.* from xmldata x,
  JSON_TABLE(x.data,
          '$' COLUMNS(
            validForClearingDay VARCHAR2(100) PATH '$.metaData.validForClearingDay',
            NESTED PATH '$.entries[*]'
            COLUMNS (
              "group" VARCHAR2(100) PATH '$.group',
              iid NUMBER(10) PATH '$.iid',
              branchId VARCHAR2(100) PATH '$.branchId',
              sicIid VARCHAR2(100) PATH '$.sicIid'
      ))) y

In Oracle 12.1.0.2 I get an error ORA-00936: missing expression Anybody has a clue how the correct syntax in that version has to be?