diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 3e902061..c5df016f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -11,13 +11,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
     
+      # needsfix: this is setting NODE_VER to the string cat .nvmrc
       - name: Setup Node.js Env
         run: echo "NODE_VER='cat .nvmrc'" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Setup Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v2
         with:
-          node-version: "${{ env.NODE_VER }}"
+          node-version: 16
           
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: npm ci