diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 7390195..2ecabaf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 'lts/*'
+          node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
           registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
 
       - name: Install Dependencies
@@ -32,9 +32,3 @@ jobs:
       - name: Publish to NPM
         run: npm publish --provenance --access public
 
-  sync:
-    needs: publish
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/sync-develop.yml
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-      pull-requests: write
diff --git a/.github/workflows/storybook-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/storybook-deploy.yml
index 33d4203..e44199c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/storybook-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/storybook-deploy.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: '20'
+          node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
           cache: 'npm'
 
       - name: Install dependencies
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync-develop.yml b/.github/workflows/sync-develop.yml
index c79931c..52469e4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sync-develop.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync-develop.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/github-script@v7
         with:
           script: |
-            const tag = context.ref.replace('refs/tags/', '');
+            const isTag = context.ref.startsWith('refs/tags/');
+            const tag = isTag ? context.ref.replace('refs/tags/', '') : null;
             const { owner, repo } = context.repo;
 
             // Check if develop branch exists
@@ -64,8 +65,8 @@ jobs:
             await github.rest.pulls.create({
               owner,
               repo,
-              title: `chore: sync ${tag} from main into develop`,
+              title: tag ? `chore: sync ${tag} from main into develop` : 'chore: sync main into develop',
               head: 'main',
               base: 'develop',
-              body: `Automated back-merge after release ${tag}.`,
+              body: tag ? `Automated back-merge after release ${tag}.` : 'Automated back-merge from main into develop.',
             });
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tag_and_release.yml b/.github/workflows/tag_and_release.yml
index f25b69b..eb74386 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tag_and_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tag_and_release.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: '20'
+          node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
 
       - name: Generate Changelog and Tag
         id: changelog
@@ -46,3 +46,10 @@ jobs:
           tag_name: ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.tag }}
           body: ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.clean_changelog }}
           generate_release_notes: true
+
+  sync:
+    needs: release
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/sync-develop.yml
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ts-code-compilation.yml b/.github/workflows/ts-code-compilation.yml
index 030dcba..608e6c3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ts-code-compilation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ts-code-compilation.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: install node
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 20.x
+          node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
       - name: run npm install
         shell: bash
         run: npm install
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ts-code-validation.yml b/.github/workflows/ts-code-validation.yml
index d948160..edb83b4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ts-code-validation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ts-code-validation.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: install node
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 20.x
+          node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
       - name: run npm install
         shell: bash
         run: npm install
diff --git a/.nvmrc b/.nvmrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2bd5a0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.nvmrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+22
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 11b4da3..df53130 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ If you want to build the library locally or contribute:
 ### Building the bundle
 
 ```
+nvm use
 npm install
 npm run build
 ```