diff --git a/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index 1659b66..e097282 100644
--- a/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "bookstack-mcp",
   "description": "BookStack wiki MCP server — search, read, create, and manage documentation",
-  "version": "5.2.2",
+  "version": "5.2.3",
   "author": {
     "name": "Tim Pearson"
   },
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 8c51a9e..a164594 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -16,13 +16,16 @@ jobs:
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 20
+          # Node 22: `npm install -g npm@latest` below pulls npm 12.x, which
+          # requires Node >= 22.22 — on Node 20 it failed with EBADENGINE and
+          # aborted the publish (the container image built regardless).
+          node-version: 22
           cache: npm
 
       - run: npm ci
       - run: npm run build
 
-      # Trusted publishing (OIDC) requires npm >= 11.5.1; Node 20 ships with npm 10.x
+      # Trusted publishing (OIDC) requires npm >= 11.5.1; Node ships with npm 10.x
       - run: npm install -g npm@latest
 
       - name: Publish to npm with provenance
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 37b8308..0e97cb3 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "bookstack-mcp",
-  "version": "5.2.2",
+  "version": "5.2.3",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "bookstack-mcp",
-      "version": "5.2.2",
+      "version": "5.2.3",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "^1.25.3",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fa64f9e..fe2a8d7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "bookstack-mcp",
-  "version": "5.2.2",
+  "version": "5.2.3",
   "description": "MCP server for BookStack wiki — search, read, create, and manage documentation via AI assistants",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {