diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 5db57b97c..431fff4e8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Setup Node.js 22.x
+      - name: Setup Node.js 24.x
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 22.x
+          node-version: '>=24.18.0 <25'
           cache: yarn
 
       - name: Install dependencies
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: 🏗 Run build script
         run: yarn build
 
+      - name: Enable npm staged publishing
+        run: |
+          echo "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/scripts/wrap-staged" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
+
       - name: 🚀 Release
         uses: cycjimmy/semantic-release-action@v4
         with:
diff --git a/scripts/wrap-staged/npm b/scripts/wrap-staged/npm
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..fc12f39e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/wrap-staged/npm
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Route publishing through npm's staging queue; forward other commands unchanged.
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# execa may prepend local bin directories before this wrapper's PATH entry.
+wrapper_dir="$(cd -- "$(dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+remaining_path=":$PATH:"
+while [[ "$remaining_path" == *":$wrapper_dir:"* ]]; do
+  remaining_path="${remaining_path//":$wrapper_dir:"/:}"
+done
+remaining_path="${remaining_path#:}"
+export PATH="${remaining_path%:}"
+
+if [[ "${1:-}" == "publish" ]]; then
+  shift
+  exec npm stage publish "$@"
+fi
+
+exec npm "$@"