diff --git a/.github/workflows/bundlers.yml b/.github/workflows/bundlers.yml
index 5c2aaa471..e5da8684f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bundlers.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bundlers.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ jobs:
   isolate_uppy:
     name: Isolate Uppy packages
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      SKIP_YARN_COREPACK_CHECK: true
     steps:
       - name: Checkout sources
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
           restore-keys: |
             ${{ runner.os }}-yarn-
       - name: Install Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v5
         with:
           node-version: lts/*
       - name: Install dependencies
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 8be34256e..fee9658a8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ jobs:
   unit_tests:
     name: Tests
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      SKIP_YARN_COREPACK_CHECK: true
     strategy:
       matrix:
         node-version: [lts/*]
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
           restore-keys: |
             ${{ runner.os }}-yarn-
       - name: Install Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v5
         with:
           node-version: ${{matrix.node-version}}
       - name: Install dependencies
@@ -63,6 +65,8 @@ jobs:
   types:
     name: Types
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      SKIP_YARN_COREPACK_CHECK: true
     steps:
       - name: Checkout sources
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
@@ -79,7 +83,7 @@ jobs:
           restore-keys: |
             ${{ runner.os }}-yarn-
       - name: Install Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v5
         with:
           node-version: lts/*
       - name: Install dependencies
@@ -97,7 +101,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Install Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v5
         with:
           node-version: lts/*
       - name: Install dependencies
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
index 00b0dcc6c..69df9ccc0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       DIFF_BUILDER: true
+      SKIP_YARN_COREPACK_CHECK: true
     outputs:
       diff: ${{ steps.diff.outputs.OUTPUT_DIFF }}
     steps:
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
           restore-keys: |
             ${{ runner.os }}-yarn-
       - name: Install Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v5
         with:
           node-version: lts/*
       - run: corepack yarn install
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lockfile_check.yml b/.github/workflows/lockfile_check.yml
index 9334b8201..d2d2d19bf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lockfile_check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lockfile_check.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ jobs:
   lint_lockfile:
     name: Lint yarn.lock
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      SKIP_YARN_COREPACK_CHECK: true
     steps:
       - name: Checkout sources
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
@@ -34,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
           restore-keys: |
             ${{ runner.os }}-yarn-
       - name: Install Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v5
         with:
           node-version: lts/*
       - name: Install dependencies
diff --git a/.github/workflows/manual-cdn.yml b/.github/workflows/manual-cdn.yml
index 7c6ec3eb4..b798e3b3f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/manual-cdn.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/manual-cdn.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ env:
 jobs:
   upload:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      SKIP_YARN_COREPACK_CHECK: true
     steps:
       - name: Checkout sources
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
           restore-keys: |
             ${{ runner.os }}-yarn-
       - name: Install Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v5
         with:
           node-version: lts/*
       - name: Install upload-to-cdn dependencies
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index f96b793c8..d28c6b159 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ jobs:
   release:
     name: Release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      SKIP_YARN_COREPACK_CHECK: true
     outputs:
       companionWasReleased: ${{ steps.checkIfCompanionWasReleased.outputs.version }}
       published: ${{ steps.changesets.outputs.published }}
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 2
 
       - name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v5
         with:
           node-version: lts/*
 
@@ -38,10 +40,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: '@uppy/angular prepublish'
         run: corepack yarn workspace @uppy/angular prepublishOnly
 
-      - run: |
+      - name: Add npm token to yarnrc
+        run: |
           echo '' >> .yarnrc.yml
           echo 'npmAuthToken: "${NPM_TOKEN}"' >> .yarnrc.yml
 
+      - name: Add npm token to npmrc
+        run: |
+          echo '//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NPM_TOKEN}' > .npmrc
+
       - name: Create Release Pull Request or Publish
         id: changesets
         uses: changesets/action@v1
@@ -58,6 +65,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           sed -i '/npmAuthToken:/d' .yarnrc.yml
 
+      - name: Remove npmrc
+        run: |
+          rm .npmrc
+
       - name: Check if Companion was released
         id: checkIfCompanionWasReleased
         if: steps.changesets.outputs.published == 'true'
diff --git a/.npmrc b/.npmrc
deleted file mode 100644
index ae643592e..000000000
--- a/.npmrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NPM_TOKEN}