diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml
index b589d57..1eb7c02 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml
@@ -19,9 +19,21 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       id-token: write
     env:
+      NODE_VERSION: 22.x
       GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
     steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcb5dd907a8 # v5
+
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@2028fbc5c25fe9cf00d9f06a71cc4710d4507903 # v6
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
+          registry-url: 'https://npm.pkg.github.com'
+          scope: '@deepnote'
+          always-auth: true
+
       - uses: jupyterlab/maintainer-tools/.github/actions/base-setup@d72f5cb72b472c1e59036840891e918c9bda4dae # v1
 
       - uses: actions/create-github-app-token@67018539274d69449ef7c02e8e71183d1719ab42 # v2