ci: move to Node 24 LTS instead of upgrading npm in-workflow

Node 24.16.0 bundles npm 11.13.0, which natively supports trusted
publishing (requires npm >= 11.5.1), so the explicit npm upgrade step
is no longer needed. All workflows read .nvmrc so CI moves together.

Author: ryansolid

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -30,10 +30,6 @@ jobs:
           registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
           cache: "pnpm"
 
-      # Trusted publishing requires npm >= 11.5.1; Node 22 bundles npm 10.x
-      - name: Update npm for trusted publishing
-        run: npm install -g npm@latest
-
       - name: Install Dependencies
         run: pnpm i --frozen-lockfile
 

.nvmrc

@@ -1 +1 @@
-22.19.0
+24.16.0