diff --git a/.github/workflows/daily-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/daily-release.yaml
index 30f3b665c2..e284c0a0f6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/daily-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/daily-release.yaml
@@ -1,11 +1,21 @@
 name: Daily release
 
+# For internal on-demand tests, until we can build it in AzDO.
+
 on:
-  push:
-    paths:
-      - .github/workflows/daily-release.yaml
-  schedule:
-    - cron: 00 03 * * *
+  # push:
+  #   paths:
+  #     - .github/workflows/daily-release.yaml
+  # schedule:
+  #   - cron: 00 03 * * *
+  workflow_dispatch: {}
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    shell: bash
+
+env:
+  node-version: 22
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -13,19 +23,24 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checking out for ${{ github.ref }}
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Use Node.js ${{ env.node-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ env.node-version }}
+          cache: npm
 
       - run: npx version-from-git --no-git-tag-version
 
-      - run: npm ci --no-production
+      - run: npm clean-install --no-production
 
       - name: Propagate versions
-        run: node_modules/.bin/lerna version --exact --force-publish --no-git-tag-version --no-push --yes `cat package.json | jq -r .version`
+        run: npm version --no-git-tag-version --no-workspaces-update --workspaces `cat package.json | jq -r .version`
 
-      - run: npm run bootstrap
-      - run: npm run build
-        env:
+      - env:
           NODE_ENV: production
+        run: npm run build
 
       - run: mkdir -p artifacts/tarballs
 
@@ -60,68 +75,61 @@ jobs:
           cp *.tgz ../../artifacts/tarballs
 
       - name: Upload bundles
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: bundles
           path: packages/bundle/dist/**/*
 
       - name: Upload tarballs
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: tarballs
           path: artifacts/tarballs/**/*
 
   release:
     needs: build
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      packages: write
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: bundles
 
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: tarballs
 
       - id: compute_hash
         name: Compute build metadata
         run: |
-          echo "::set-output name=git_short_sha::`echo ${{ github.sha }} | cut -c 1-7`"
-          echo "::set-output name=package_version::`tar -xOzf botframework-webchat-4*.tgz package/package.json | jq -r '.version'`"
-          echo "::set-output name=release_date::`date \"+%Y-%m-%d %R:%S\"`"
-          echo "::set-output name=release_tag_name::daily"
-          echo "::set-output name=sha384_es5::`cat webchat-es5.js | openssl dgst -sha384 -binary | openssl base64 -A`"
-          echo "::set-output name=sha384_full::`cat webchat.js | openssl dgst -sha384 -binary | openssl base64 -A`"
-          echo "::set-output name=sha384_minimal::`cat webchat-minimal.js | openssl dgst -sha384 -binary | openssl base64 -A`"
-
-      - name: Display build metadata
-        run: |
-          echo git_short_sha=${{ steps.compute_hash.outputs.git_short_sha }}
-          echo package_version=${{ steps.compute_hash.outputs.package_version }}
-          echo release_date=${{ steps.compute_hash.outputs.release_date }}
-          echo release_tag_name=${{ steps.compute_hash.outputs.release_tag_name }}
-          echo sha384_es5=${{ steps.compute_hash.outputs.sha384_es5 }}
-          echo sha384_full=${{ steps.compute_hash.outputs.sha384_full }}
-          echo sha384_minimal=${{ steps.compute_hash.outputs.sha384_minimal }}
+          echo git_short_sha=`echo ${{ github.sha }} | cut -c 1-7` | tee --append $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo package_version=`tar -xOzf botframework-webchat-4*.tgz package/package.json | jq -r '.version'` | tee --append $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo release_date=`date "+%Y-%m-%d %R:%S"` | tee --append $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo release_tag_name=daily | tee --append $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo sha384_es5=`cat webchat-es5.js | openssl dgst -sha384 -binary | openssl base64 -A` | tee --append $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo sha384_full=`cat webchat.js | openssl dgst -sha384 -binary | openssl base64 -A` | tee --append $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo sha384_minimal=`cat webchat-minimal.js | openssl dgst -sha384 -binary | openssl base64 -A` | tee --append $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Delete existing release
         # When this workflow is run in its first time, or 2+ are running side-by-side, the release may not exists. It is okay to ignore 404s.
         continue-on-error: true
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        # env:
+        #   GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: gh release delete ${{ steps.compute_hash.outputs.release_tag_name }} --repo ${{ github.repository }} --yes
 
       - name: Create release
         id: create_release
         uses: actions/create-release@v1
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        # env:
+        #   GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         with:
           tag_name: ${{ steps.compute_hash.outputs.release_tag_name }}
           release_name: Daily (${{ github.ref }})
           body: |
-            This release will be updated daily. **Please do not use this build in production environment.**
+            This release is for internal testing only. **Please do not use this build in production environment.**
 
             | Build time | Run ID | Source version | Git ref | Package version |
             | - | - | - | - | - |
@@ -152,6 +160,6 @@ jobs:
           prerelease: true
 
       - name: Upload assets
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        # env:
+        #   GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: gh release upload ${{ steps.compute_hash.outputs.release_tag_name }} *.js *.json *.tgz --repo ${{ github.repository }}