diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index c939c43..9ea98cc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -14,10 +14,12 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
+          fetch-depth: 0 # Fetch-depth 0 necessary to get full commit history for checking changes
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 20
+          node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
+          cache: 'npm'
 
       - name: Configure Git
         run: |
@@ -37,13 +39,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "//npm.pkg.github.com/:_authToken=$GITHUB_TOKEN" > .npmrc
           echo "@exile-watch:registry=https://npm.pkg.github.com/" >> .npmrc
 
-      - name: Check if package-lock.json changed
-        id: package-lock-changed
-        run: |
-          git rev-parse --quiet --verify HEAD^1 && git diff --quiet HEAD^1 HEAD -- package-lock.json
-
       - name: Install dependencies
-        if: steps.package-lock-changed.outputs.changed == 'true'
         run: npm ci
 
       - if: success()
diff --git a/.nvmrc b/.nvmrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2edeafb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.nvmrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+20
\ No newline at end of file