Shopify new app versioning to new version without sunsetting existing app

[santhoshwiz]

We have a shopify app which is build 3 years ago. Now I have an app ready with remix and functionality and everything is same. We have submitted app for review and from shopify we get answer like we need to sunset the existing old app then only the review and certification can be done.We have live customers in the old app so we cannot sunset existing app, that will affect customers

My question is

• Can we release new app as the next version of existing app?

If so how we can proceed? Please anyone answers will be gold dust for us!!