Unable to upgrade from 10.2.0 base image to any maintenance release

Upgrade from PAN-OS 10.2.0 to higher version fails with error similar to the following.

Operation
Software Install
Status
Completed
Result
Failed
Details
Loading into software manager
Failed to install PanOS_5400-10.2.4-h3 with the following errors.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/swminternal", line 18, in <module>
swmmain.main(sys.argv[1:])
File "/usr/share/pan-swm/swmmain.py", line 103, in main
UI.runCommand(H)
File "/usr/share/pan-swm/swmcli.py", line 278, in runCommand
cmd(self.extcmds)
File "/usr/share/pan-swm/swmcli.py", line 426, in do_load
swm.swmRepository(self).load(args, not self.options['nocrypt'])
File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/swm/repo.py", line 413, in load
self.ensure_freespace_step1(data)
File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/swm/repo.py", line 300, in ensure_freespace_step1
for img in self.redundant_bases():
File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/swm/repo.py", line 190, in redundant_bases
images.sort(reverse=True)
File "/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/swm/image.py", line 66, in __lt__
return self.release_info['date'] < obj.release_info['date']
TypeError: '<' not supported between instances of 'datetime.datetime' and 'str'

• Palo Alto Firewalls
• PAN-OS 10.2.0
• Upgrade

Software Issue.

1.  Revert the FW to an earlier version of 10.1.x. This can only be done if the Firewall had an earlier version installed before upgrading to 10.2.0.
2.  Make sure the Firewall is now reverted to PAN-OS 10.1.x.
3. Now download version 10.2.0 but do NOT install the same.
4. Finally, Download and Install target release version. Example 10.2.4

Note: The issue is resolved in 10.2.3 and above.