diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 603d3d2591..b8ea2bf5d1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
         description: override release tag
         required: false
   push:
-    branches: ['main', 'alpha', 'beta', 'rc']
+    branches: [main, alpha, beta, rc]
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.number || github.ref }}
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ concurrency:
 env:
   NX_CLOUD_ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NX_CLOUD_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
 
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  id-token: write
+
 jobs:
   test-and-publish:
     name: Test & Publish
@@ -42,6 +46,6 @@ jobs:
           npm config set '//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken' "${NPM_TOKEN}"
           pnpm run cipublish
         env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
           TAG: ${{ inputs.tag }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yml b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
index 7a60ca8a58..7af298149a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ concurrency:
 env:
   NX_CLOUD_ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NX_CLOUD_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   test:
     name: Test
@@ -30,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Get base and head commits for `nx affected`
         uses: nrwl/nx-set-shas@v4
         with:
-          main-branch-name: 'main'
+          main-branch-name: main
       - name: Run Checks
         run: pnpm run test:pr --parallel=3
       - name: Stop Nx Agents
diff --git a/.npmrc b/.npmrc
index 6c2b9be4c4..84aee8d998 100644
--- a/.npmrc
+++ b/.npmrc
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 link-workspace-packages=true
 prefer-workspace-packages=true
+provenance=true
diff --git a/.nvmrc b/.nvmrc
index eb800ed459..b8e593f521 100644
--- a/.nvmrc
+++ b/.nvmrc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v18.19.0
+20.15.1