diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index ccaa90e..a39fdf9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -159,12 +159,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - id: checkout
         name: Checkout Repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - name: Setup Nodejs
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          node-version: "20"
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Retrieve Credentials
         id: import-secrets
@@ -176,6 +174,11 @@ jobs:
           secretId: ${{ secrets.VAULT_SECRET_ID }}
           secrets: /providers/github/organizations/spectrocloud/token?org_name=spectrocloud token | VAULT_GITHUB_TOKEN
 
+      - name: Setup Nodejs
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: "20"
+
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: npm ci
 
diff --git a/.releaserc.yaml b/.releaserc.yaml
index 8aa6b0e..0b05fb9 100644
--- a/.releaserc.yaml
+++ b/.releaserc.yaml
@@ -1,19 +1,12 @@
 branches: [main]
 repositoryUrl: https://github.com/spectrocloud/hello-universe
 plugins:
-- "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer"
-- "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator"
-- "@semantic-release/changelog"
-- - "@semantic-release/exec"
-  - analyzeCommitsCmd: echo 'NEW_VERSION=false' > VERSION.env
-    verifyReleaseCmd: |-
-      echo 'export VERSION=${nextRelease.version}
-      NEW_VERSION=true' > VERSION.env
-- - "@semantic-release/github"
-  - assets:
-    - "*.zip"
-- - "@semantic-release/git"
-  - assets:
-    - CHANGELOG.md
-- - "@semantic-release/npm"
-  - npmPublish: true
+  - "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer"
+  - "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator"
+  - "@semantic-release/changelog"
+  - - "@semantic-release/exec"
+    - analyzeCommitsCmd: echo 'NEW_VERSION=false' > VERSION.env
+      verifyReleaseCmd: |-
+        echo 'export VERSION=${nextRelease.version}
+        NEW_VERSION=true' > VERSION.env
+  - - "@semantic-release/github"