diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-commit.yml b/.github/workflows/lint-commit.yml
index d00b6590f8..ac665d31c0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint-commit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-commit.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/setup-node@820762786026740c76f36085b0efc47a31fe5020 # v7.0.0
       with:
         node-version: 22.x
+    - run: npm install --global npm@12
     - run: npm install
     - name: Lint first PR commit message
       run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index 83a6a99f94..c905b3e89f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -43,5 +43,5 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: lts/*
           registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
-      - run: npm install npm@11 -g # Use npm@11 to publish with OIDC
+      - run: npm install npm@12 -g # Use npm@12 to publish with OIDC
       - run: npm publish --provenance --access public
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 20d9d8c74f..ac033accdb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/setup-node@820762786026740c76f36085b0efc47a31fe5020 # v7.0.0
       with:
         node-version: 22.x
+    - run: npm install --global npm@12
     - name: Install Dependencies
       run: npm install
     - name: Lint
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/setup-node@820762786026740c76f36085b0efc47a31fe5020 # v7.0.0
       with:
         node-version: 22.x
+    - run: npm install --global npm@12
     - name: Install Dependencies
       run: npm install
     - name: Check Engines
@@ -77,6 +79,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/setup-node@820762786026740c76f36085b0efc47a31fe5020 # v7.0.0
       with:
         node-version: 22.x
+    - run: npm install --global npm@12
     - name: Update npm
       run: |
         npm install npm@~11.10.0 -g # Workaround for https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/9151
@@ -135,6 +138,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@820762786026740c76f36085b0efc47a31fe5020 # v7.0.0
         with:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node }}
+      - run: npm install --global npm@12
       - name: Use Python ${{ matrix.python }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97 # v7.0.0
         with:
@@ -182,12 +186,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run Tests (macOS or Linux)
         if: runner.os != 'Windows'
         shell: bash
-        run: npm test --python="${pythonLocation}/python"
+        run: npm test
         env:
           FULL_TEST: ${{ (matrix.node == '26.x' && matrix.python == '3.14') && '1' || '0' }}
       - name: Run Tests (Windows)
         if: runner.os == 'Windows'
-        shell: bash # Building wasm on Windows requires using make generator, it only works in bash
-        run: npm run test --python="${pythonLocation}\\python.exe"
+        shell: bash # Building wasm on Windows requires using make generator; it only works in bash
+        run: npm run test
         env:
           FULL_TEST: ${{ (matrix.node == '26.x' && matrix.python == '3.14') && '1' || '0' }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/visual-studio.yml b/.github/workflows/visual-studio.yml
index 25c8d389d8..91d7fce95a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/visual-studio.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/visual-studio.yml
@@ -37,4 +37,4 @@ jobs:
         run: npm install
       - name: Run Node tests
         shell: pwsh
-        run: npm run test --python="${env:pythonLocation}\\python.exe" --msvs-version="${{ matrix.msvs-version }}"
+        run: npm run test --msvs-version="${{ matrix.msvs-version }}"