diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 254c0d1..6d4cd5e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -24,10 +24,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: "22"
+          node-version: "24"
           cache: "npm"
           registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
 
+      - name: Show Node and npm versions
+        run: |
+          node -v
+          npm -v
+
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: npm ci
 
@@ -46,4 +51,5 @@ jobs:
           commit: "chore(release): bump version"
           title: "chore(release): bump version"
         env:
+          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
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