diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index aeda678d..88e92397 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: Release
 on:
   push:
     tags:
-      - 'v*.*.*'
+      - "v*.*.*"
 jobs:
   adc:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -14,20 +14,21 @@ jobs:
       # Build and test ADC CLI
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 'lts/*'
+          node-version: "lts/*"
       - uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
       - name: Build ADC
         env:
           NODE_VERSION: 22.17.0
         run: |
+          node -v
           pnpm install
           NODE_ENV=production npx nx build cli
           node --experimental-sea-config apps/cli/node-sea.json
-          npx ts-node apps/cli/scripts/download-node.ts
-          npx postject ./node-binary/linux-amd64 NODE_SEA_BLOB sea-prep.blob --sentinel-fuse NODE_SEA_FUSE_fce680ab2cc467b6e072b8b5df1996b2
-          npx postject ./node-binary/linux-arm64 NODE_SEA_BLOB sea-prep.blob --sentinel-fuse NODE_SEA_FUSE_fce680ab2cc467b6e072b8b5df1996b2
-          npx postject ./node-binary/win-x64.exe NODE_SEA_BLOB sea-prep.blob --sentinel-fuse NODE_SEA_FUSE_fce680ab2cc467b6e072b8b5df1996b2
-          npx postject ./node-binary/win-arm64.exe NODE_SEA_BLOB sea-prep.blob --sentinel-fuse NODE_SEA_FUSE_fce680ab2cc467b6e072b8b5df1996b2
+          pnpx ts-node apps/cli/scripts/download-node.ts
+          pnpx postject ./node-binary/linux-amd64 NODE_SEA_BLOB sea-prep.blob --sentinel-fuse NODE_SEA_FUSE_fce680ab2cc467b6e072b8b5df1996b2
+          pnpx postject ./node-binary/linux-arm64 NODE_SEA_BLOB sea-prep.blob --sentinel-fuse NODE_SEA_FUSE_fce680ab2cc467b6e072b8b5df1996b2
+          pnpx postject ./node-binary/win-x64.exe NODE_SEA_BLOB sea-prep.blob --sentinel-fuse NODE_SEA_FUSE_fce680ab2cc467b6e072b8b5df1996b2
+          pnpx postject ./node-binary/win-arm64.exe NODE_SEA_BLOB sea-prep.blob --sentinel-fuse NODE_SEA_FUSE_fce680ab2cc467b6e072b8b5df1996b2
 
       - name: Compress ADC
         run: |
@@ -61,20 +62,20 @@ jobs:
       # Build and test ADC CLI
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 'lts/*'
+          node-version: "lts/*"
       - uses: pnpm/action-setup@v2
-        with:
-          version: latest
       - name: Build ADC
+        env:
+          NODE_VERSION: 22.20.0
         run: |
           pnpm install
           NODE_ENV=production npx nx build cli
           node --experimental-sea-config apps/cli/node-sea.json
-          npx ts-node apps/cli/scripts/download-node.ts
+          pnpx ts-node apps/cli/scripts/download-node.ts
           codesign --remove-signature ./node-binary/darwin-arm64
           codesign --remove-signature ./node-binary/darwin-x64
-          npx postject ./node-binary/darwin-arm64 NODE_SEA_BLOB sea-prep.blob --sentinel-fuse NODE_SEA_FUSE_fce680ab2cc467b6e072b8b5df1996b2 --macho-segment-name NODE_SEA
-          npx postject ./node-binary/darwin-x64 NODE_SEA_BLOB sea-prep.blob --sentinel-fuse NODE_SEA_FUSE_fce680ab2cc467b6e072b8b5df1996b2 --macho-segment-name NODE_SEA
+          pnpx postject ./node-binary/darwin-arm64 NODE_SEA_BLOB sea-prep.blob --sentinel-fuse NODE_SEA_FUSE_fce680ab2cc467b6e072b8b5df1996b2 --macho-segment-name NODE_SEA
+          pnpx postject ./node-binary/darwin-x64 NODE_SEA_BLOB sea-prep.blob --sentinel-fuse NODE_SEA_FUSE_fce680ab2cc467b6e072b8b5df1996b2 --macho-segment-name NODE_SEA
           codesign --sign - ./node-binary/darwin-arm64
           codesign --sign - ./node-binary/darwin-x64
 
diff --git a/apps/cli/scripts/download-node.ts b/apps/cli/scripts/download-node.ts
index c3fe415f..9acf8410 100644
--- a/apps/cli/scripts/download-node.ts
+++ b/apps/cli/scripts/download-node.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,12 @@ import { execSync } from 'child_process';
 import { cpSync, existsSync, mkdirSync, rmSync, unlinkSync } from 'fs';
 import { Listr } from 'listr2';
 
-const version = process.env.NODE_VERSION ?? '20.15.1';
+const version = process.env.NODE_VERSION;
+
+if (!version) {
+  console.error('empty NODE_VERSION environment variable');
+  process.exit(1);
+}
 
 const tasks = new Listr([
   {