PHP version mismatch

[amitpri]

• Laravel Version: 8.6.2
• PHP Version: 7.3
• Database Driver & Version:

Description:

I am trying to install any latest version of Laravel 8x through Forge. I get the following error which clearly says php 7.4 is needed. However all the laravel 8x documents say it needs 7.3 version of php.
I tried to fix the problem by taking little older version of laraval 8 . I already have laravel ("laravel/framework": "^8.40",) running fine for a different website with php7.3. However the same codebase when built freshly(compsoer update) need the following packages which is not working with PHP7.3 anymore.

Problem 1

• Installation request for league/commonmark 2.0.2 -> satisfiable by league/commonmark[2.0.2].
• league/commonmark 2.0.2 requires php ^7.4 || ^8.0 -> your PHP version (7.3.0) does not satisfy that requirement.
  Problem 2
• Installation request for league/config v1.1.1 -> satisfiable by league/config[v1.1.1].
• league/config v1.1.1 requires php ^7.4 || ^8.0 -> your PHP version (7.3.0) does not satisfy that requirement.
  Problem 3
• league/commonmark 2.0.2 requires php ^7.4 || ^8.0 -> your PHP version (7.3.0) does not satisfy that requirement.
• laravel/framework v8.61.0 requires league/commonmark ^1.3|^2.0 -> satisfiable by league/commonmark[2.0.2].
• Installation request for laravel/framework v8.61.0 -> satisfiable by laravel/framework[v8.61.0].

Steps To Reproduce:

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