Failed to create venv using python3.6 or lower

I want to create a venv for a project using python3.6. It's an old project and only compatible with python3.6 or lower.  However, when I tried to create the venv, I kept getting following errors. The specific error message is listed below.

Error creating virtual env: Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\MYNAME\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\lib\runpy.py", line 185, in _run_module_as_main mod_name, mod_spec, code = _get_main_module_details(_Error) File "C:\Users\MYNAME\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\lib\runpy.py", line 219, in _get_main_module_details return _get_module_details(main_name) File "C:\Users\MYNAME\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\lib\runpy.py", line 128, in _get_module_details spec = importlib.util.find_spec(mod_name) File "C:\Users\MYNAME\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\lib\importlib\util.py", line 91, in find_spec return _find_spec(fullname, None) File " ", line 894, in _find_spec File " ", line 1157, in find_spec File " ", line 1131, in _get_spec File " ", line 1112, in _legacy_get_spec File " ", line 441, in spec_from_loader File " ", line 544, in spec_from_file_location File "C:\Program Files\JetBrains\PyCharm Community Edition 2024.3\plugins\python-ce\helpers\virtualenv-20.24.5.pyz\__main__.py", line 1 SyntaxError: future feature annotations is not defined

I googled this error message and it shows “future feature annotations” is only supported in python 3.7 or higher.  As virtualenv-20.24.5.pyz\__main__.py is in a pyz file, I cannot comment out that line to mute this error. I am wondering if that means I cannot create venv for projects using python 3.6 or lower. Is there any work arounds?

OS: Windows 10

Python Version: 3.6

PIP Version: 18.1