diff --git a/.github/workflows/make_release_tfhe.yml b/.github/workflows/make_release_tfhe.yml
index 711b75c17..2898a7d96 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/make_release_tfhe.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/make_release_tfhe.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ jobs:
   make-release:
     name: make_release_tfhe/make-release
     uses: ./.github/workflows/make_release_common.yml
+    if: ${{ inputs.push_to_crates }}
     with:
       package-name: "tfhe"
       dry-run: ${{ inputs.dry_run }}
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ jobs:
   make-release-js:
     name: make_release_tfhe/make-release-js
     needs: make-release
+    if: ${{ always() && needs.make-release.result != 'failure' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # For provenance of npmjs publish
     permissions:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index adc7d67d1..bfb84e2fd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ BENCH_TYPE?=latency
 BENCH_PARAM_TYPE?=classical
 BENCH_PARAMS_SET?=default
 BENCH_CUSTOM_COMMAND:=
-NODE_VERSION=22.6
+NODE_VERSION=24.12
 BACKWARD_COMPAT_DATA_DIR=utils/tfhe-backward-compat-data
 BACKWARD_COMPAT_DATA_GEN_VERSION:=$(TFHE_VERSION)
 TEST_VECTORS_DIR=apps/test-vectors