update release workflow to use node 18 (#1068) #1263

Job	Run time
lint	1m 32s
unit_tests (18)	2m 11s
unit_tests (24)	1m 47s
unit_tests (20)	2m 1s
lint_markdown_files / lint	1m 6s
unit_tests (22)	1m 56s
fullstack_production_suite / test	10s
integration_tests / test	12s
Coveralls coverage	3s
	10m 58s

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