Kotlin version is not compatible

[kylixeza]

I faced an error when using this library

/Users/accountmac/.gradle/caches/transforms-3/3b51881f70250027a7e6c3273adadbd0/transformed/jetified-pausing-coroutine-dispatcher-1.0.jar!/META-INF/pausing-coroutine-dispatcher.kotlin_module: Module was compiled with an incompatible version of Kotlin. The binary version of its metadata is 1.9.0, expected version is 1.7.1.

I think this is because this project was compiled using kotlin version 1.9.21 and my kotlin version is version 1.7.21.

Does this library really need the features of kotlin version 1.9.21? If it is possible to be downgraded, can the kotlin version be replaced with a lower version but still provide the features you need?