diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yml b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
index f80b2a791e..284b12f60e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
@@ -9,20 +9,16 @@ on:
 jobs:
   tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        node: [20, 24]
-    continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.node == 24 }}
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v5
     - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
       with:
-        node-version: ${{ matrix.node }}
+        node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
     - run: make validate.ci
     - name: Archive code coverage results
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
-        name: code-coverage-report-node-${{ matrix.node }}
+        name: code-coverage-report
         path: coverage/*.*
   coverage:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -32,8 +28,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Download code coverage results
       uses: actions/download-artifact@v5
       with:
-        pattern: code-coverage-report-node-*
-        merge-multiple: true
+        pattern: code-coverage-report
     - name: Upload coverage
       uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
       with:
diff --git a/.nvmrc b/.nvmrc
index 209e3ef4b6..a45fd52cc5 100644
--- a/.nvmrc
+++ b/.nvmrc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-20
+24