Downgrade Django

[MalikRumi]

I recently discovered a conflict between Django 4.2 and my current project. I decided to downgrade to Django 4.0 until I can get that other issue fixed. However, I could not find a 'downgrade' command. I tried many variations on "poetry add Django@4.0" as shown in the docs but I ended up getting an upgrade to Django 4.2.6! I tried just removing it, thinking i could then install 4.0, but that got me "No dependencies to install or update". Finally, I edited the .toml file directly, ran "poetry update" as requested, and presto, my problem, vanished - for now. So my question is simply this: Was this the right or only way to do this, or did I miss an easier way in the docs? Where can I find this better way? Thx.

[dimbleby]

I expect you have confused yourself somehow: poetry add django@4.0 does exactly what you expected all along

[cankush625]

@MalikRumi If you specifically want to downgrade to Django 4.0, the correct way is to do that: poetry add django==4.0.0. This command is sufficient to downgrade your Django version from 4.2 to 4.0. The command that you mentioned should also do the same, but I haven't tested that.
Updating .toml directly and then running poetry update should also be fine and I don't see any harm in that. poetry add command also creates/updates the dependency entry in .toml file.