feat!: update action runtime to Node v24

BREAKING CHANGE: Support for Node v16 and v18 has been dropped.

Author: mcous

.github/workflows/ci-cd.yaml

@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ jobs:
           - macos-latest
           - windows-latest
         node-version:
-          - 16
-          - 18
-          - 20
+          - "20"
+          - "22"
+          - "24"
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout source
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v5
         with:
-          node-version: "20"
+          node-version: "24"
           cache: npm
 
       - name: Install development dependencies
@@ -107,13 +107,13 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         node-version:
-          - 16
-          - 18
-          - 20
+          - "20"
+          - "22"
+          - "24"
 
     services:
       verdaccio:
-        image: verdaccio/verdaccio:5
+        image: verdaccio/verdaccio:6
         ports:
           - 4873:4873
 
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v5
         with:
-          node-version: "20"
+          node-version: "24"
 
       - name: Download publish artifact
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v5

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Contributions, enhancements, and bug-fixes are welcome! [Open an issue](https://
 
 ## Building Locally
 
-You should be using Node.js v16 or later to build this project locally
+You should be using Node.js v24 or later to build this project locally
 
 ```shell
 # Clone this repository

action.yaml

@@ -92,5 +92,5 @@ outputs:
       If not configured for a scoped package, will be "default".
 
 runs:
-  using: node20
+  using: node24
   main: action.js