diff --git a/.github/workflows/onRelease.yml b/.github/workflows/onRelease.yml
index 2230d639..b1a105ef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/onRelease.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/onRelease.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ jobs:
           ref: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name || inputs.tag  }}
       - uses: salesforcecli/github-workflows/.github/actions/getPreReleaseTag@main
         id: distTag
+      - run: echo "[INFO] tag is=$INPUTS_TAG , version is=$INPUTS_VERSION"
+        env:
+          INPUTS_TAG: ${{ steps.distTag.outputs.tag }}
+          INPUTS_VERSION: ${{ steps.distTag.outputs.version }}
 
   getMajorVersion:
     needs: [getDistTag]
@@ -30,8 +34,12 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: salesforcecli/github-workflows/.github/actions/parse-semver@main
+        id: parsedVersion
         with:
           input_string: ${{ needs.getDistTag.outputs.version }}
+      - run: echo "[INFO] Major version is=$INPUTS_MAJOR_VERSION"
+        env:
+          INPUTS_MAJOR_VERSION: ${{ steps.parsedVersion.outputs.major }}
 
   npm:
     uses: salesforcecli/github-workflows/.github/workflows/npmPublish.yml@main
@@ -41,5 +49,6 @@ jobs:
       sign: true
       tag: ${{ needs.getDistTag.outputs.tag || (needs.getMajorVersion.outputs.major == '1') && 'latest' || 'next' }}
       githubTag: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name || inputs.tag }}
+      nodeVersion: 20.18.0
 
     secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 5c8de402..f09db51d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: tests
 on:
   push:
-    branches-ignore: [main]
+    branches-ignore: [main, 252-patch]
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
@@ -26,3 +26,4 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
     with:
       os: ${{ matrix.os }}
+      nodeVersion: 20.18.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/validate-pr.yml
index a312052e..adfafbdf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate-pr.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     types: [opened, reopened, edited]
     # only applies to PRs that want to merge to main
-    branches: [main]
+    branches: [main, 252-patch]
 
 jobs:
   pr-validation: