Adjusted Skill Values Not Increasing

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In Outer Worlds, my adjusted skill values will not proceed past 20. I have a skill check of 21 that i need to pass in persuade. I have 10 skill points to disperse and a current skill of 19. No matter the points I put in, the three categories increase, then stop at 20 (it shows a skill of, say, 26, but the adjusted is 20)...and I cannot pass the persuade check of 21.

 

Has anyone else encountered this and fixed it?

 

Thanks!