Next.js error: "You are using Node.js 18.15.0. For Next.js, Node.js version >= 18.17.0 is required" despite using a higher Node.js version

I recently created a Next.js app using the CLI, and when I tried to run the development server with npm run dev, I encountered this error:

You are using Node.js 18.15.0. For Next.js, Node.js version >= 18.17.0 is required.

However, my actual Node.js version is 20.10.0, which is clearly higher than the required version.

Here’s what I’ve tried so far:

• Verified my Node.js version with node -v: v20.10.0
• Checked nvm list: showing v22.5.1 and system Node.js versions.

I’m not sure why Next.js is picking up an older version of Node.js. How do I fix this?