On the gauge invariance of the higher-derivative Yang–Mills–Chern–Simons action M. Ghasemkhani, G. Soleimani and R. Bufalo Eur. Phys. J. C, 84 5 (2024) 465 Published online: 06 May 2024 DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-12821-7