diff --git a/.github/workflows/appstore-build-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/appstore-build-publish.yml
index ddb103ddcc..c78c76b2c6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/appstore-build-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/appstore-build-publish.yml
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ jobs:
         continue-on-error: true
         with:
           path: ${{ env.APP_NAME }}
-          fallbackNode: '^20'
-          fallbackNpm: '^10'
+          fallbackNode: '^24'
+          fallbackNpm: '^11.3'
 
       - name: Set up node ${{ steps.versions.outputs.nodeVersion }}
         # Skip if no package.json
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e # v6.4.0
         with:
           node-version: ${{ steps.versions.outputs.nodeVersion }}
+          package-manager-cache: false
 
       - name: Set up npm ${{ steps.versions.outputs.npmVersion }}
         # Skip if no package.json
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Get php version
         id: php-versions
-        uses: icewind1991/nextcloud-version-matrix@8a7bac6300b2f0f3100088b297995a229558ddba # v1.3.2.3.1.3.2
+        uses: icewind1991/nextcloud-version-matrix@8a7bac6300b2f0f3100088b297995a229558ddba # v1.3.2
         with:
           filename: ${{ env.APP_NAME }}/appinfo/info.xml
 
@@ -136,17 +137,24 @@ jobs:
           cd ${{ env.APP_NAME }}
           krankerl package
 
-      - name: Checkout server ${{ fromJSON(steps.appinfo.outputs.result).nextcloud.min-version }}
-        continue-on-error: true
-        id: server-checkout
+      - name: Check server download link for ${{ fromJSON(steps.appinfo.outputs.result).nextcloud.min-version }}
         run: |
           NCVERSION='${{ fromJSON(steps.appinfo.outputs.result).nextcloud.min-version }}'
-          wget --quiet https://download.nextcloud.com/server/releases/latest-$NCVERSION.zip
-          unzip latest-$NCVERSION.zip
+          DOWNLOAD_URL=$(curl -s "https://updates.nextcloud.com/updater_server/latest?channel=beta&version=$NCVERSION" | jq -r '.downloads.zip[0]')
+          echo "DOWNLOAD_URL=$DOWNLOAD_URL" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Download server ${{ fromJSON(steps.appinfo.outputs.result).nextcloud.min-version }}
+        continue-on-error: true
+        id: server-download
+        if: ${{ env.DOWNLOAD_URL != 'null' }}
+        run: |
+          echo "Downloading release tarball from $DOWNLOAD_URL"
+          wget $DOWNLOAD_URL -O nextcloud.zip
+          unzip nextcloud.zip
 
       - name: Checkout server master fallback
         uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
-        if: ${{ steps.server-checkout.outcome != 'success' }}
+        if: ${{ steps.server-download.outcome != 'success' }}
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
           submodules: true
@@ -171,10 +179,7 @@ jobs:
           cd ../../../
           # Setting up keys
           echo '${{ secrets.APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}' > ${{ env.APP_NAME }}.key
-          curl --fail --show-error --location \
-            --retry 5 --retry-all-errors --retry-delay 2 \
-            --output ${{ env.APP_NAME }}.crt \
-            "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nextcloud/app-certificate-requests/master/${{ env.APP_NAME }}/${{ env.APP_NAME }}.crt"
+          wget --quiet "https://github.com/nextcloud/app-certificate-requests/raw/master/${{ env.APP_NAME }}/${{ env.APP_NAME }}.crt"
           # Signing
           php nextcloud/occ integrity:sign-app --privateKey=../${{ env.APP_NAME }}.key --certificate=../${{ env.APP_NAME }}.crt --path=../${{ env.APP_NAME }}/build/artifacts/${{ env.APP_NAME }}
           # Rebuilding archive
@@ -182,7 +187,7 @@ jobs:
           tar -zcvf ${{ env.APP_NAME }}.tar.gz ${{ env.APP_NAME }}
 
       - name: Attach tarball to github release
-        uses: svenstaro/upload-release-action@29e53e917877a24fad85510ded594ab3c9ca12de # v2.11.5
+        uses: svenstaro/upload-release-action@29e53e917877a24fad85510ded594ab3c9ca12de # 2.11.5
         id: attach_to_release
         with:
           repo_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}