diff --git a/.github/actions/npm-publish/action.yml b/.github/actions/npm-publish/action.yml
index 90f3fca20..364686902 100644
--- a/.github/actions/npm-publish/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/npm-publish/action.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ runs:
       uses: actions/setup-node@v4
       with:
         node-version: ${{ inputs.node-version }}
+        check-latest: true
         cache: 'npm'
         registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index f6c7ff9bd..4fda9464d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -18,10 +18,7 @@ jobs:
   release:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/npm-release.yml
     with:
-      # Pinned to 22.22.1 — 22.22.2 has a regression (nodejs/node#62425) where
-      # the bundled npm is missing promise-retry, breaking npm install -g npm@11.
-      # Revert to node-version: 22 once the upstream fix is released.
-      node-version: 22.22.1
+      node-version: 22
       require-build: true
     secrets:
       github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 44e4ff770..da9c231ae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@v7
         with:
           node-version: 22
+          check-latest: true
           cache: 'npm'
 
       - name: Install dependencies