diff --git a/.github/scripts/pre-commit.js b/.github/scripts/pre-commit.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1b838a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/pre-commit.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+const { execSync } = require('child_process');
+
+// Called by TriPSs/conventional-changelog-action right after it bumps the
+// version in package.json/package-lock.json, before committing the release.
+// The action only text-replaces the top-level "version" field, so
+// package-lock.json's nested packages[""] entry (its own copy of the root
+// version) is left stale, requiring a manual fix after every release:
+// https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bbb-ui-components-react/commit/2ff2bbb617197a4af5495961d57c17ca11d13356?diff=split#diff-053150b640a7ce75eff69d1a22cae7f0f94ad64ce9a855db544dda0929316519R9
+// Regenerating the lockfile here keeps it in sync before the release commit.
+exports.preCommit = () => {
+  execSync('npm install --package-lock-only', { stdio: 'inherit' });
+};
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 2ecabaf..19f8df4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v5
         with:
-          node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
+          node-version: '24.x'
           registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
 
       - name: Install Dependencies
diff --git a/.github/workflows/storybook-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/storybook-deploy.yml
index e44199c..9d9af42 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/storybook-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/storybook-deploy.yml
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v5
         with:
           node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
           cache: 'npm'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync-develop.yml b/.github/workflows/sync-develop.yml
index 52469e4..78e13cd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sync-develop.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync-develop.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tag_and_release.yml b/.github/workflows/tag_and_release.yml
index eb74386..fb4a636 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tag_and_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tag_and_release.yml
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ jobs:
       contents: write # Required to push commits and tags
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # Fetches all history for accurate changelog generation
 
       - name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v5
         with:
           node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
 
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ jobs:
           skip-ci: 'false'
           tag-prefix: 'v'
           version-file: './package.json, ./package-lock.json'
+          pre-commit: './.github/scripts/pre-commit.js'
 
       - name: Create GitHub Release
         if: ${{ github.event.inputs.create_github_release == 'true' && steps.changelog.outputs.skipped == 'false' }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ts-code-compilation.yml b/.github/workflows/ts-code-compilation.yml
index 608e6c3..0846e13 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ts-code-compilation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ts-code-compilation.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ jobs:
   ts-code-compilation:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           fetch-depth: 1
       # Merges the base branch (e.g. develop) into the PR branch so compilation
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Merge branches
         uses: ./.github/actions/merge-branches
       - name: install node
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v5
         with:
           node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
       - name: run npm install
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ts-code-validation.yml b/.github/workflows/ts-code-validation.yml
index edb83b4..1e1aa5c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ts-code-validation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ts-code-validation.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
   ts-code-validation:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
           fetch-depth: 1
       # Merges the base branch (e.g. develop) into the PR branch so validation
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Merge branches
         uses: ./.github/actions/merge-branches
       - name: install node
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v5
         with:
           node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
       - name: run npm install