org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: ERROR: syntax error at or near "(" when calling org.postgresql.jdbc.PgPreparedStatement.getParameterMetaData

We are using Postgres 14.4 server and 42.5.2 of org.postgresql:postgresql to connect to it from Java.

We get following exception:

Caused by: org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: ERROR: syntax error at or near "("
  Position: 13
at org.postgresql.core.v3.QueryExecutorImpl.receiveErrorResponse(QueryExecutorImpl.java:2676)
at org.postgresql.core.v3.QueryExecutorImpl.processResults(QueryExecutorImpl.java:2366)
at org.postgresql.core.v3.QueryExecutorImpl.execute(QueryExecutorImpl.java:356)
at org.postgresql.core.v3.QueryExecutorImpl.execute(QueryExecutorImpl.java:316)
at org.postgresql.jdbc.PgPreparedStatement.getParameterMetaData(PgPreparedStatement.java:1705)
at org.apache.commons.dbcp2.DelegatingPreparedStatement.getParameterMetaData(DelegatingPreparedStatement.java:162)
at org.apache.commons.dbcp2.DelegatingPreparedStatement.getParameterMetaData(DelegatingPreparedStatement.java:162)
at cdao.dpde.InsertHelper.setParameters(InsertHelper.java:53)

where the code in the last line is:

ParameterMetaData parameterMetaData = query.getParameterMetaData();

How can we fix this?

S.