Root composer.json requires drupal/.., found drupal/..

Error: Root composer.json requires drupal/.., found drupal/..

Thos error happen when we try to instal some module with composer

Example: We try to install composer require drupal/simple_sitemap:^4.2

Error: Root composer.json requires drupal/simple_sitemap 4.2, found drupal/simple_sitemap[dev-1.x, dev-2.x, dev-3.x, dev-4.x, 1.0.0, ...

How to solve?

Try using dry run as below

composer require "drupal/simple_sitemap:4.2.2" --dry-run