Is there a better solution to solve "Duplicate class error" in build.gradle?

I have added to my app's build gradle the following dependency: implementation 'androidx.preference:preference:1.2.0'

When I build the project with that dependency the following errors are shown:

> A failure occurred while executing com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.CheckDuplicatesRunnable
   > Duplicate class androidx.lifecycle.ViewModelLazy found in modules jetified-lifecycle-viewmodel-ktx-2.3.1-runtime (androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel-ktx:2.3.1) and lifecycle-viewmodel-2.5.0-runtime (androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel:2.5.0)
     Duplicate class androidx.lifecycle.ViewTreeViewModelKt found in modules jetified-lifecycle-viewmodel-ktx-2.3.1-runtime (androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel-ktx:2.3.1) and lifecycle-viewmodel-2.5.0-runtime (androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel:2.5.0)

I have searched on other posts and one solution that solved the error was adding this to the build gradle:

def lifecycle_version = "2.5.1"
    implementation "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel:$lifecycle_version"
    implementation "androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel-ktx:$lifecycle_version" 

Is there a better solution to solve this? Why is this error appearing when I add the dependency: 'implementation 'androidx.preference:preference:1.2.0' ?