How can I resolve ERR_REQUIRE_ESM error running a Whatsapp Web Bot?

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When I just run the bot, after installing all dependencies, it appears the following error:


> PVWBOT@1.0.0 start /root/PVWBOT
> node ./app.js

internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1102
      throw new ERR_REQUIRE_ESM(filename, parentPath, packageJsonPath);
      ^

Error [ERR_REQUIRE_ESM]: Must use import to load ES Module: /root/PVWBOT/node_modules/nanoid/index.js
require() of ES modules is not supported.
require() of /root/PVWBOT/node_modules/nanoid/index.js from /root/PVWBOT/adapter/diaglogflow.js is an ES module file as it is a .js file whose nearest parent package.json contains "type": "module" which defines all .js files in that package scope as ES modules.
Instead rename index.js to end in .cjs, change the requiring code to use import(), or remove "type": "module" from /root/PVWBOT/node_modules/nanoid/package.json.

    at new NodeError (internal/errors.js:322:7)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1102:13)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:950:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:790:12)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:974:19)
    at require (internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js:101:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/root/PVWBOT/adapter/diaglogflow.js:3:20)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1085:14)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1114:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:950:32) {
  code: 'ERR_REQUIRE_ESM'
}
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! PVWBOT@1.0.0 start: `node ./app.js`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the PVWBOT@1.0.0 start script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

I have installed the the bot in my linux server and what I can see is that, after installing all the dependencies, I cannot run it. I have nodejs at v.14.20 cause before I was having errors about this being v.8.

What do I do?

Thank you in advance!

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