diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index fa9972c..f9e0f67 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
             uses: actions/setup-node@v4
             with:
                node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
-         - run: npm i -g npm@11.6.1
+         - run: npm i -g npm@11.17.0
          - run: npm ci
          - run: npm run check-node-version
          - run: npm run standards
diff --git a/.npmrc b/.npmrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..21cdc29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.npmrc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+save-exact=true
+min-release-age=7
+min-release-age-exclude=@silvermine/*
diff --git a/.nvmrc b/.nvmrc
index 0a49261..60ade1a 100644
--- a/.nvmrc
+++ b/.nvmrc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-24.11.0
+24.19.0
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4480a5d..fab0841 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
    "module": "./dist/esm/index",
    "scripts": {
       "prepare": "grunt build",
-      "check-node-version": "check-node-version --npm 11.6.1 --print",
+      "check-node-version": "check-node-version --npm 11.17.0 --print",
       "test": "TS_NODE_PROJECT='tests/tsconfig.json' TS_NODE_FILES=true nyc mocha --opts ./.mocha.opts",
       "eslint": "eslint '{,!(node_modules|dist)/**/}*.{js,ts}'",
       "markdownlint": "markdownlint -c .markdownlint.json -i CHANGELOG.md '{,!(node_modules)/**/}*.md'",