Python API compatibility and or downgrading

The most recent version of  photoshop, 24.0 is no longer compatible with the popular python library of automating mundane tasks.

error when working with photoshop since version 23.5 · Issue #195 · loonghao/photoshop-python-api (github.com)

Does anyone know of a potential work around? 

Is there a trvial method to downgrade my version from 24 back to versions that worked, presumably 22.x?

I've dozens of scripts performing a wide range of tedius and time consuming tasks, and this "upgrade" is not helping. Last question, any ideas how / if possible to deactive auto-upgrade so I can avoid dealing with versions which haven't matured well enough to avoid bugs?