Visual Studio Publish Error: A project which specifies SQL Server x as the target platform cannot be published to SQL Server x2

Error:

Running into the following error when trying to publish a SQL Server project in Visual Studio…

A project which specifies SQL Server 2022 or Azure SQL Database Managed Instance as the target platform cannot be published to SQL Server 2019

Fix:

Go to Project -> Properties

Change the “Target platform:” to SQL Server 2019