Update Node.js version and add NPM upgrade step

Updated Node.js version to 24 and added NPM upgrade step.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Hampton <jhampton@gmail.com>

Author: jhampton

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -29,10 +29,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: 🟢 Setup Node
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: "22" # 22.14.0 or Higher LTS
+          node-version: "24" # 24 or Higher LTS
           cache: "npm"
           registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
 
+      - name: 🔼 Upgrade NPM
+        run: npm install -g npm@latest
+
       - name: 📦 Install dependencies
         run: npm ci