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I am trying to submit revisions for a paper to a journal (IJHCS), which uses the Aries Editorial Manager system. When I do this however, I get the following error:

(LaTeX) Loading 'expl3.sty' aborted!
(LaTeX)
(LaTeX) The L3 programming layer in the LaTeX format
(LaTeX) is dated 2023-02-07, but in your TeX tree the files
require
(LaTeX) at least 2023-02-22.

Is there any way to specify the version of the L3 layer in my local tex engine? I'm not sure this would help but I cannot think of anything else at the moment.

It compiles perfectly locally, both with TinyTex and MikTex.

Thanks

Gabriel Strain
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    You could update your local TeX installation to the latest version. – Skillmon Mar 24 '23 at 10:44
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    see https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/667733/the-l3-programming-layer-in-the-latex-format-is-outdated are you uploading a very new package requiring 2023-02-22,in which case use an older one, or is their input tree broken, in which case it's a bug they should fix – David Carlisle Mar 24 '23 at 10:48
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    @Skillmon I think the issue is tex is running on the publisher's server – David Carlisle Mar 24 '23 at 10:48
  • I'm trying it now with an older version of elsarticle.cls so will see if that works - cheers folks – Gabriel Strain Mar 24 '23 at 11:02
  • @DavidCarlisle well, there is a slight chance I misunderstood the question... I interpreted it this way because of the "Is there any way to specify the version of the L3 layer in my local tex engine?", not sure what exactly is needed. – Skillmon Mar 24 '23 at 11:02
  • @GabrielStrain are you getting that error when you run the document locally or when you submit a tex file to the publisher's server? You have given very little information in the question – David Carlisle Mar 24 '23 at 11:05
  • Only when I submit to the publisher's server - the reason I asked about that is so I could try and make them match – Gabriel Strain Mar 24 '23 at 11:08
  • might be related to https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/674366/36296 – samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz Mar 24 '23 at 11:10
  • Thanks @samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz – Gabriel Strain Mar 24 '23 at 11:15

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