do not want to upgrade .... notification in System Preferences
i am happy using Big Sur, and the persistent upgrade for Monterey in Software Update - although present - did not show a notification bubble on System Preferences - until today.
I don't wish to upgrade to Monterey and want to turn off the notification. The upgrade is optional as far as I see, users should not have to be steered to it as the only way to get security and os updates for their current OS choice.
how can the notification for Monterey be disabled/turned off and if the installer winds up downloading itself on my mac it will occupy 12GB which I do not want.
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 11.6