diff --git a/.github/release-please/release-please-config.json b/.github/release-please/release-please-config.json
index 7086b7bba..2a7d4aa3c 100644
--- a/.github/release-please/release-please-config.json
+++ b/.github/release-please/release-please-config.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "release-type": "node",
+  "bootstrap-sha": "27b6858de2190e2caf2b1315ebbc469c01bbd25f",
   "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
   "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": false,
   "tag-separator": "@",
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cd.yml b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
index c4942d8ee..34f4bd63e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # Fetch all history for all tags and branches
       - name: read node version from the .nvmrc file
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.releases_created == 'true' }}
         run: echo ::set-output name=NODE_VERSION::$(cat .nvmrc)
         shell: bash
         id: nvmrc
-
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.releases_created == 'true' }}
         with: