Of course you can change it. If you make small changes, it will not sound out of place. For instance, if you play play a deceptive cadence I-IV-V-VI instead of (V-I), it will not be that disjointed, and it will still resemble the original progression.
Can verse and chorus be in different keys?
Having the verse and chorus in different keys is not rare if you consider the number of songs where the verse is mainly in minor, and then the chorus switches to the relative major. ... But the idea is the same: minor moving to major.
Can a chord progression be wrong?
Technically, there's no such thing as a “wrong” chord progression in the sense of “prohibited.” But there certainly are chord progressions that are easier for the brain to make sense of.