diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index ded43da5..6e602bfc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         variations: [
           # {os: ubuntu-latest, node: latest},
-          {os: ubuntu-latest, node: 'lts/*'},
+          {os: ubuntu-latest, node: '^24.19.0'},
         ]
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.variations.os }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index e49cbcb0..81561cbc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -42,13 +42,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 24.x
+          node-version: '^24.19.0'
           registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
 
-      - name: Update NPM
-        shell: bash
-        # Must be greater than 11.5.1 for OIDC.
-        run: npm install -g npm@11.6.2
 
       - name: Install Dependencies
         run: npm install
@@ -81,13 +77,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 24.x
+          node-version: '^24.19.0'
           registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
 
-      - name: Update NPM
-        shell: bash
-        # Must be greater than 11.5.1 for OIDC.
-        run: npm install -g npm@11.6.2
 
       - name: Install Dependencies
         run: npm install
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2c182bff..07d55e56 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,5 +14,4 @@ docs/build/
 yarn.lock
 package-lock.json
 pnpm-lock.yaml
-.npmrc
 docs/
diff --git a/.npmrc b/.npmrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..84fc16c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.npmrc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+min-release-age=3
+min-release-age-exclude[]=launchdarkly-js-client-sdk
+min-release-age-exclude[]=launchdarkly-js-sdk-common