diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 1ddb3e3..5b78308 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -124,6 +124,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Validate
         id: validate
         run: bun run validate
+      - name: Setup Node.js for npm publish
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
       - name: Release
         uses: TrigenSoftware/simple-release-action@v1
         with: