Error [ERR_REQUIRE_ESM]: Must use import to load ES Module:

[metapodcod]

version :

node --version
v14.18.2 
npm --version 
8.1.3
gulp-image --version 
^6.3.1"

run gulp and error output

Error [ERR_REQUIRE_ESM]: Must use import to load ES Module: /home/metapodcod/Work/blog/node_modules/gulp-image/index.js
require() of ES modules is not supported.
require() of /home/metapodcod/Work/blog/node_modules/gulp-image/index.js from /home/metapodcod/Work/blog/gulpfile.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 /home/metapodcod/Work/blog/node_modules/gulp-image/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:93:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/metapodcod/Work/blog/gulpfile.js:6:11)
    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'
}