I think that’s the a good tact to take. Let’s not pretend that Bond as a character hasn’t changed over the decades.
A good approach is how Machine Games approached Indiana Jones. The older movies, especially Temple, have some really uncomfortable scenes with women and Asian people. So they opted instead to portray Indy as we remember him, which is a gruff everyman who respects cultures and people and hates facists.
Bond can be done the same way right