diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index dd5477b3c..a6e752e37 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ on:
       - main
   workflow_dispatch:
 
+permissions:
+  id-token: write  # Required for OIDC
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   release-please:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -42,8 +46,6 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
       - uses: actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 # v4.4.0
         with:
-          node-version: lts/*
+          node-version: 24 # npm >= 11.5.1
           registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
       - run: npm publish --provenance --access public
-        env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}