diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 6d2ab99b..d0a7c00e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -35,11 +35,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Init Hermit
         uses: cashapp/activate-hermit@v1
 
-      - name: Set up Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@64ed1c7eab4cce3362f8c340dee64e5eaeef8f7c # v3.6.0
-        with:
-          node-version: 20
-          registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
+      - name: Store NPM Registry Settings to .npmrc
+        run: |
+          echo -e "registry=https://registry.npmjs.org/\n" > .npmrc
 
       - name: Verify NPM token is authenticated with NPMjs.com
         env:
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6b2a0014..48f89108 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -147,4 +147,7 @@ packages/**/src/try.ts
 .DS_STORE
 
 # Test report
-results.xml
\ No newline at end of file
+results.xml
+
+# Hermit build output
+.hermit