Designer 9.7 and Publisher 9.8 ---> will it work ?

Hello all,

NOTE :- I haven't upgraded my Designer server to 9.8 !!!

I am trying to add my Publisher 9.8 server to my Designer 9.7, and i am getting this error 
"The procedure was cancelled" after i finish adding the server and creating its profile.

Please find the error attached along.

Can somebody let me know, is this to do with the version mismatch between Designer and Publisher ?

Thank you