Premiere Pro 15.4.5 Not seeing Media encoder

Help! just tried to export using ME and Premeire Pro says ME not installed. apparently it updated to version 22.6.1, Im running Premiere Pro 15.4.5 (long term supported). Can I revert to an earlier version of ME? what version? 

Any Help is welcome!

Tom

using a Macbook Pro : macOS Monterey
Version 12.6
MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2021)
Chip Apple M1 Max
Memory 32 GB
Startup Disk Macintosh HD