TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'JsonRpcProvider')

[atbsniper]

Hi, I'm getting an error while deploying my first smart contract on visual studio. According to the screenshot I attached below the compiler doesn't recognize the JsonRpcProvider.
Error:
TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading `'JsonRpcProvider')

Deploy.js:

const ethers = require("ethers");
const fs = require("fs-extra");

async function main() {
  const provider = new ethers.providers.JsonRpcProvider(
    "HTTP://127.0.0.1:7545"
  );
  const wallet = new ethers.wallet(
    "30b6d3cd90b7d9a1bc05dca6829fa66c981a52723d4efe0c7a8f77bb98262bea",
    provider
  );
  const abi = fs.readFileSync("./_SimpleStorage_sol_SimpleStorage.abi", "utf8");
  const binary = fs.readFileSync(
    "./_SimpleStorage_sol_SimpleStorage.bin",
    "utf8"
  );
  const contractFactory = new ethers.ContractFactory(abi, binary, wallet);
  console.log("deploying the contract");
  const contract = await contractFactory.deploy();
  console.log(contract);
}

main()
  .then(() => process.exit(0))
  .catch((error) => {
    console.error(error);
    process.exit(1);
  });

Terminal error:

TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'JsonRpcProvider')
    at main (/home/aitasamtariqbajwa/blockchain/ethers-simple-storage/Deploy.js:5:41)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/aitasamtariqbajwa/blockchain/ethers-simple-storage/Deploy.js:23:1)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1103:14)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1157:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:981:32)
    at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:822:12)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:77:12)
    at node:internal/main/run_main_module:17:47

[atbsniper]

Apparently, there's an issue in the 6.0.0 version of ethers. It was resolved by selecting a different version of ethers by yarn add ethers@5.7.2.

[etineh]

Thanks so much for this. It just saved me 1hrs bug

[paulcoffee85]

Apparently, there's an issue in the 6.0.0 version of ethers. It was resolved by selecting a different version of ethers by yarn add ethers@5.7.2.

This helped my issue as well, but now i'm just waiting on Contract to deploy, (Alchemy / Metamask) ...
Thanks fo your help

[raagzziee]

Almost gave up!! Thanks for this