Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'mergeAndUpdateDir')

I ran (ionic cordova build android --prod --release) to generate my apk but I get this error,

cordova.cmd build android --release
Can’t read undefined properties (reading ‘mergeAndUpdateDir’)
[ERROR] An error occurred while executing the cordova subprocess.

    cordova.cmd build android --release has exited with exit code 1.

My config.xml is this:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<name>Sindispetrol</name>

<description>Aplicación para los procesos internos de sindispetrol,  by gewwtech.</description>

<author email="contacto@gewwtech.com" href="https://gewwtech.com/">Equipo gewwtech</author>

<content src="index.html" />

<access origin="*" />

<allow-intent href="http://*/*" />

<allow-intent href="https://*/*" />

<allow-intent href="tel:*" />

<allow-intent href="sms:*" />

<allow-intent href="mailto:*" />

<allow-intent href="geo:*" />

<preference name="ScrollEnabled" value="false" />

<preference name="BackupWebStorage" value="none" />

<preference name="SplashMaintainAspectRatio" value="true" />

<preference name="FadeSplashScreenDuration" value="300" />

<preference name="SplashShowOnlyFirstTime" value="false" />

<preference name="SplashScreen" value="screen" />

<preference name="SplashScreenDelay" value="3000" />

<preference name="loadUrlTimeoutValue" value="7000000" />

<preference name="GOOGLE_MAPS_ANDROID_API_KEY" value="(api key)" />

<preference name="GOOGLE_MAPS_IOS_API_KEY" value="(api key)" />

<platform name="android">

    <edit-config file="app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml" mode="merge" target="/manifest/application" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">

        <application android:networkSecurityConfig="@xml/network_security_config" />

    </edit-config>

    <resource-file src="resources/android/xml/network_security_config.xml" target="app/src/main/res/xml/network_security_config.xml" />

    <allow-intent href="market:*" />

    <icon density="ldpi" src="resources/android/icon/drawable-ldpi-icon.png" />

    <icon density="mdpi" src="resources/android/icon/drawable-mdpi-icon.png" />

    <icon density="hdpi" src="resources/android/icon/drawable-hdpi-icon.png" />

    <icon density="xhdpi" src="resources/android/icon/drawable-xhdpi-icon.png" />

    <icon density="xxhdpi" src="resources/android/icon/drawable-xxhdpi-icon.png" />

    <icon density="xxxhdpi" src="resources/android/icon/drawable-xxxhdpi-icon.png" />

    <splash density="land-ldpi" src="resources/android/splash/drawable-land-ldpi-screen.png" />

    <splash density="land-mdpi" src="resources/android/splash/drawable-land-mdpi-screen.png" />

    <splash density="land-hdpi" src="resources/android/splash/drawable-land-hdpi-screen.png" />

    <splash density="land-xhdpi" src="resources/android/splash/drawable-land-xhdpi-screen.png" />

    <splash density="land-xxhdpi" src="resources/android/splash/drawable-land-xxhdpi-screen.png" />

    <splash density="land-xxxhdpi" src="resources/android/splash/drawable-land-xxxhdpi-screen.png" />

    <splash density="port-ldpi" src="resources/android/splash/drawable-port-ldpi-screen.png" />

    <splash density="port-mdpi" src="resources/android/splash/drawable-port-mdpi-screen.png" />

    <splash density="port-hdpi" src="resources/android/splash/drawable-port-hdpi-screen.png" />

    <splash density="port-xhdpi" src="resources/android/splash/drawable-port-xhdpi-screen.png" />

    <splash density="port-xxhdpi" src="resources/android/splash/drawable-port-xxhdpi-screen.png" />

    <splash density="port-xxxhdpi" src="resources/android/splash/drawable-port-xxxhdpi-screen.png" />

</platform>

<platform name="ios">

    <allow-intent href="itms:*" />

    <allow-intent href="itms-apps:*" />

    <icon height="57" src="resources/ios/icon/icon.png" width="57" />

    <icon height="114" src="resources/ios/icon/icon@2x.png" width="114" />

    <icon height="29" src="resources/ios/icon/icon-small.png" width="29" />

    <icon height="58" src="resources/ios/icon/icon-small@2x.png" width="58" />

    <icon height="87" src="resources/ios/icon/icon-small@3x.png" width="87" />

    <icon height="20" src="resources/ios/icon/icon-20.png" width="20" />

    <icon height="40" src="resources/ios/icon/icon-20@2x.png" width="40" />

    <icon height="60" src="resources/ios/icon/icon-20@3x.png" width="60" />

    <icon height="48" src="resources/ios/icon/icon-24@2x.png" width="48" />

    <icon height="55" src="resources/ios/icon/icon-27.5@2x.png" width="55" />

    <icon height="29" src="resources/ios/icon/icon-29.png" width="29" />

    <icon height="58" src="resources/ios/icon/icon-29@2x.png" width="58" />

    <icon height="87" src="resources/ios/icon/icon-29@3x.png" width="87" />

    <icon height="40" src="resources/ios/icon/icon-40.png" width="40" />

    <icon height="80" src="resources/ios/icon/icon-40@2x.png" width="80" />

    <icon height="120" src="resources/ios/icon/icon-40@3x.png" width="120" />

    <icon height="88" src="resources/ios/icon/icon-44@2x.png" width="88" />

    <icon height="50" src="resources/ios/icon/icon-50.png" width="50" />

    <icon height="100" src="resources/ios/icon/icon-50@2x.png" width="100" />

    <icon height="60" src="resources/ios/icon/icon-60.png" width="60" />

    <icon height="120" src="resources/ios/icon/icon-60@2x.png" width="120" />

    <icon height="180" src="resources/ios/icon/icon-60@3x.png" width="180" />

    <icon height="72" src="resources/ios/icon/icon-72.png" width="72" />

    <icon height="144" src="resources/ios/icon/icon-72@2x.png" width="144" />

    <icon height="76" src="resources/ios/icon/icon-76.png" width="76" />

    <icon height="152" src="resources/ios/icon/icon-76@2x.png" width="152" />

    <icon height="167" src="resources/ios/icon/icon-83.5@2x.png" width="167" />

    <icon height="172" src="resources/ios/icon/icon-86@2x.png" width="172" />

    <icon height="196" src="resources/ios/icon/icon-98@2x.png" width="196" />

    <icon height="1024" src="resources/ios/icon/icon-1024.png" width="1024" />

    <splash height="480" src="resources/ios/splash/Default~iphone.png" width="320" />

    <splash height="960" src="resources/ios/splash/Default@2x~iphone.png" width="640" />

    <splash height="1024" src="resources/ios/splash/Default-Portrait~ipad.png" width="768" />

    <splash height="768" src="resources/ios/splash/Default-Landscape~ipad.png" width="1024" />

    <splash height="1125" src="resources/ios/splash/Default-Landscape-2436h.png" width="2436" />

    <splash height="1242" src="resources/ios/splash/Default-Landscape-736h.png" width="2208" />

    <splash height="2048" src="resources/ios/splash/Default-Portrait@2x~ipad.png" width="1536" />

    <splash height="1536" src="resources/ios/splash/Default-Landscape@2x~ipad.png" width="2048" />

    <splash height="2732" src="resources/ios/splash/Default-Portrait@~ipadpro.png" width="2048" />

    <splash height="2048" src="resources/ios/splash/Default-Landscape@~ipadpro.png" width="2732" />

    <splash height="1136" src="resources/ios/splash/Default-568h@2x~iphone.png" width="640" />

    <splash height="1334" src="resources/ios/splash/Default-667h.png" width="750" />

    <splash height="2208" src="resources/ios/splash/Default-736h.png" width="1242" />

    <splash height="2436" src="resources/ios/splash/Default-2436h.png" width="1125" />

    <splash height="2732" src="resources/ios/splash/Default@2x~universal~anyany.png" width="2732" />

    <icon height="216" src="resources/ios/icon/icon-108@2x.png" width="216" />

    <splash height="2688" src="resources/ios/splash/Default-2688h~iphone.png" width="1242" />

    <splash height="1242" src="resources/ios/splash/Default-Landscape-2688h~iphone.png" width="2688" />

    <splash height="1792" src="resources/ios/splash/Default-1792h~iphone.png" width="828" />

    <splash height="828" src="resources/ios/splash/Default-Landscape-1792h~iphone.png" width="1792" />

</platform>

<plugin name="cordova-plugin-whitelist" spec="1.3.3" />

<plugin name="cordova-plugin-statusbar" spec="2.4.2" />

<plugin name="cordova-plugin-device" spec="2.0.2" />

<plugin name="cordova-plugin-splashscreen" spec="5.0.2" />

<plugin name="cordova-plugin-ionic-webview" spec="^4.0.0" />

<plugin name="cordova-plugin-ionic-keyboard" spec="^2.0.5" />

we have searched but have not found any solution, we appreciate your help in finding a possible solution to this error as we are unable to create the apk.

Thank you!