safari-web-extension-converter requires at least Safari 14.0 to run.

I am on Catalina and have XCode 12 beta 6 and Safari Technology Preview installed but am getting the following :-

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% sudo xcode-select --switch /Applications/Xcode-beta.app 
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% xcrun safari-web-extension-converter /Users/aarongray/Desktop/DevelopingASafariWebExtension
safari-web-extension-converter requires at least Safari 14.0 to run. requires at least Safari 14.0 to run.
Unable to parse manifest.json at file:///Users/aarongray/Desktop/DevelopingASafariWebExtension


I have set the Safari Technology Preview as the default browser but that did not help.
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You need to have the beta of Safari 14 installed to use safari-web-extension-converter. You can download it from here.
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You need to have the beta of Safari 14 installed to use safari-web-extension-converter. You can download it from here.
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Have installed Safari 14 Beta for Catalina :-

https://developer.apple.com/download/more/?=Safari
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AaronNGray
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Safari 14 was released for macOS Mojave and Catalina today.
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timothy.hatcher
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I'm having this issue with Safari 14.0.1 on Catalina 10.15.7
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brendanchatt
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