diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
index 2d890f6d..d0fa3754 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup node
         uses: actions/setup-node@53b83947a5a98c8d113130e565377fae1a50d02f # pin@v6.3.0
         with:
-          node-version-file: ".nvmrc"
-          registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
-          cache: yarn
+          node-version: '22' # matches .nvmrc
+          registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org
+          package-manager-cache: false  # never use caching in release builds
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile --network-concurrency 1