diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index f7700e50..d2893836 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -13,10 +13,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: ⬇️ Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
+      - name: 🤝 Set Node version from .nvmrc
+        run: echo NVMRC=`cat .nvmrc` >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
       - name: ⎔ Setup node
+        # sets up the .npmrc file to publish to npm
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: "16"
+          node-version: ${{ env.NVMRC }}
+          registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
 
       - name: 📥 Download deps
         uses: bahmutov/npm-install@v1