error hardhat@2.9.9: The engine "node" is incompatible with this module

[sanbids]

error hardhat@2.9.9: The engine "node" is incompatible with this module. Expected version "^12.0.0 || ^14.0.0 || ^16.0.0". Got "18.4.0" error Found incompatible module. info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/add for documentation about this command. An unexpected error occurred.

while doing yarn hardhat then doing step according to video but at last i saw that problem error hardhat@2.9.9: The engine "node" is incompatible with this module. Expected version "^12.0.0 || ^14.0.0 || ^16.0.0". Got "18.4.0"

[AbhishekDubey013]

install version 16 which is LTS, faced the same issue now resolved.