Pragma Statement Warning on New Hardhat Installation

[JF0001]

I have completed a new installation of Hardhat.
In the hardhat.config.js file, I have this code:
module.exports = { solidity: "0.8.24", };

While in the default Lock.sol contract I have this pragma statement:
pragma solidity ^0.8.24;

However, I am getting the following warning on my pragma statement:
"Source file requires different compiler version (current compiler is 0.8.19+commit.7dd6d404.Emscripten.clang) - note that nightly builds are considered to be strictly less than the released version(5333)"

[schaable]

Closing this discussion since it has been submitted as an issue. See Issue #5202 for more details.