Project won't bootstrap with npm -v 8.1.0

[Bmorrical]

Describe the bug

Which version of npm is required for this project? I don't see it documented in the README.md

To Reproduce

Using npm version 8.1.0

npm update returns following error:

npm ERR! code ERESOLVE
npm ERR! ERESOLVE unable to resolve dependency tree

npm run serve returns the following error:

40% building 118/149 modules 31 active /node_modules/vee-validate/dist/vee-validate.esm.jsAssertion failed: (thread_id_key != 0x7777), function find_thread_id_key, file coroutine.cc, line 134.

http://localhost:3000 fails to load

Expected behavior

I expected the project to properly bootstrap

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OS: MacOS
Version Sonoma v14.3.1