diff --git a/.github/workflows/api-extractor.yml b/.github/workflows/api-extractor.yml
index a4489f17ffc..87bf0d4d247 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/api-extractor.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/api-extractor.yml
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: ">=23.6.0"
 
-      - name: Install dependencies (with cache)
-        uses: bahmutov/npm-install@20216767ca67f0f7b4d095dc5859c5700a6581cb # v1
+      - run: npm ci
 
         # Builds the library and runs the api extractor
       - name: Run Api-Extractor
diff --git a/.github/workflows/arethetypeswrong.yml b/.github/workflows/arethetypeswrong.yml
index 75cf1d6e60a..ee0714e1554 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/arethetypeswrong.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/arethetypeswrong.yml
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e # v6
         with:
           node-version: ">=23.6.0"
-      - name: Install dependencies (with cache)
-        uses: bahmutov/npm-install@20216767ca67f0f7b4d095dc5859c5700a6581cb # v1
+
+      - run: npm ci
 
       - name: Run build
         run: npm run build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cleanup-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/cleanup-checks.yml
index 31fe4d14123..00e5379e961 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cleanup-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cleanup-checks.yml
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: ">=23.6.0"
 
-      - name: Install dependencies (with cache)
-        uses: bahmutov/npm-install@20216767ca67f0f7b4d095dc5859c5700a6581cb # v1
+      - run: npm ci
 
       - name: Run Api-Extractor
         run: npm run extract-api
diff --git a/.github/workflows/compare-build-output.yml b/.github/workflows/compare-build-output.yml
index 7e2f4be72cf..86b53f8801b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/compare-build-output.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/compare-build-output.yml
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e # v6
         with:
           node-version: ">=23.6.0"
-      - name: Install dependencies (with cache)
-        uses: bahmutov/npm-install@20216767ca67f0f7b4d095dc5859c5700a6581cb # v1
+
+      - run: npm ci
 
       - name: Run comparison script
         id: attw
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docmodel.yml b/.github/workflows/docmodel.yml
index 273d3122363..a900b2abd2e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docmodel.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docmodel.yml
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: ">=23.6.0"
 
-      - name: Install dependencies (with cache)
-        uses: bahmutov/npm-install@20216767ca67f0f7b4d095dc5859c5700a6581cb # v1
+      - run: npm ci
 
       - name: Generate documentation model
         run: npm run docmodel
diff --git a/.github/workflows/knip.yml b/.github/workflows/knip.yml
index 4d0e8096e08..f09f963586b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/knip.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/knip.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-node@48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e # v6
         with:
           node-version: "24.x"
-      - name: Install dependencies (with cache)
-        uses: bahmutov/npm-install@20216767ca67f0f7b4d095dc5859c5700a6581cb # v1
+      - run: npm ci
       - name: Run knip
         run: npm run knip
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-pr-releases.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-pr-releases.yml
index cd90608f5ca..aee34aef254 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-pr-releases.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-pr-releases.yml
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           file-filter: "scripts/codemods/ac3-to-ac4/**"
 
-      - name: Install dependencies with cache
-        uses: bahmutov/npm-install@20216767ca67f0f7b4d095dc5859c5700a6581cb # v1
+      - run: npm ci
 
       - name: Build AC
         run: npm run build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scheduled-test-canary.yml b/.github/workflows/scheduled-test-canary.yml
index f092b9f4ccd..9c7e9af7df9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scheduled-test-canary.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scheduled-test-canary.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-node@48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e # v6
         with:
           node-version: ">=23.6.0"
-      - uses: bahmutov/npm-install@20216767ca67f0f7b4d095dc5859c5700a6581cb # v1
+      - run: npm ci
       - run: |
           npm install react@${MATRIX_TAG} react-dom@${MATRIX_TAG}
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/size-limit.yml b/.github/workflows/size-limit.yml
index fd1bb8b6b33..86434939b60 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/size-limit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/size-limit.yml
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e # v6
         with:
           node-version: ">=23.6.0"
-      - name: Install dependencies (with cache)
-        uses: bahmutov/npm-install@20216767ca67f0f7b4d095dc5859c5700a6581cb # v1
+      - run: npm ci
       - name: Run size-limit
         uses: andresz1/size-limit-action@e7493a72a44b113341c0cf6186ab49c17c4b65c1 # v1
         with: