diff --git a/.changeset/bright-nodes-align.md b/.changeset/bright-nodes-align.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00dc533
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/bright-nodes-align.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@ankhorage/devtools': minor
+---
+
+Add the canonical Node 24 LTS tooling policy and render managed CI/release workflows from the shared Bun and Node runtime baselines.
diff --git a/src/policy/bunRuntimePolicy.ts b/src/policy/bunRuntimePolicy.ts
index 3c1fe3a..5529198 100644
--- a/src/policy/bunRuntimePolicy.ts
+++ b/src/policy/bunRuntimePolicy.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,24 @@
 /**
- * Canonical Bun runtime policy for Ankhorage repositories.
+ * Canonical runtime/tooling policies for Ankhorage repositories.
  *
- * Import this from `@ankhorage/devtools/policy` when another package needs to inspect
- * the managed Bun version without defining an independent version authority.
+ * Import these from `@ankhorage/devtools/policy` when another package needs to inspect
+ * the managed Bun or Node baseline without defining an independent version authority.
  */
 export const bunRuntimePolicy = {
   packageManager: 'bun@1.3.14',
   typesRange: '^1.3.14',
   version: '1.3.14',
 } as const;
+
+/**
+ * Canonical Node LTS baseline for Node-based Ankhorage tooling and CI execution.
+ *
+ * Bun remains the repository package manager/primary command runtime where configured;
+ * this policy makes Node-based tooling deterministic instead of inheriting the ambient
+ * Node version from a CI runner image.
+ */
+export const nodeRuntimePolicy = {
+  engineRange: '24.x',
+  major: 24,
+  setupVersion: '24',
+} as const;
diff --git a/src/tools/workflows/files/ci.yml b/src/tools/workflows/files/ci.yml
index b5881ae..220a2b2 100644
--- a/src/tools/workflows/files/ci.yml
+++ b/src/tools/workflows/files/ci.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ jobs:
         with:
           bun-version: '__ANKH_BUN_VERSION__'
 
+      - name: Setup Node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: '__ANKH_NODE_VERSION__'
+
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: bun install --frozen-lockfile
 
diff --git a/src/tools/workflows/files/release.yml b/src/tools/workflows/files/release.yml
index b3b60ec..45ad211 100644
--- a/src/tools/workflows/files/release.yml
+++ b/src/tools/workflows/files/release.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Node for npm publishing
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 24
+          node-version: '__ANKH_NODE_VERSION__'
           registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org
 
       - name: Update npm
diff --git a/src/tools/workflows/index.test.ts b/src/tools/workflows/index.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3599a7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tools/workflows/index.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'bun:test';
+
+import { bunRuntimePolicy, nodeRuntimePolicy } from '../../policy/bunRuntimePolicy.js';
+import { workflowManagedFiles } from './index.js';
+
+describe('managed workflows', () => {
+  test('render the canonical Bun and Node runtime policies', async () => {
+    for (const definition of workflowManagedFiles) {
+      expect(definition.render).toBeDefined();
+      const rendered = await definition.render?.('.');
+      expect(rendered).toContain(`bun-version: '${bunRuntimePolicy.version}'`);
+      expect(rendered).toContain(`node-version: '${nodeRuntimePolicy.setupVersion}'`);
+      expect(rendered).not.toContain('__ANKH_BUN_VERSION__');
+      expect(rendered).not.toContain('__ANKH_NODE_VERSION__');
+    }
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/tools/workflows/index.ts b/src/tools/workflows/index.ts
index 7e4c341..f6a5a20 100644
--- a/src/tools/workflows/index.ts
+++ b/src/tools/workflows/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
 
-import { bunRuntimePolicy } from '../../policy/bunRuntimePolicy.js';
+import { bunRuntimePolicy, nodeRuntimePolicy } from '../../policy/bunRuntimePolicy.js';
 import type { ManagedFileDefinition } from '../shared/managedFiles.js';
 
 const BUN_VERSION_TOKEN = '__ANKH_BUN_VERSION__';
+const NODE_VERSION_TOKEN = '__ANKH_NODE_VERSION__';
 
 export const workflowManagedFiles = [
   createWorkflowDefinition('.github/workflows/ci.yml', './files/ci.yml'),
@@ -16,7 +17,9 @@ function createWorkflowDefinition(relativePath: string, sourcePath: string): Man
     relativePath,
     render: async () => {
       const template = await readFile(sourceUrl, 'utf8');
-      return template.replaceAll(BUN_VERSION_TOKEN, bunRuntimePolicy.version);
+      return template
+        .replaceAll(BUN_VERSION_TOKEN, bunRuntimePolicy.version)
+        .replaceAll(NODE_VERSION_TOKEN, nodeRuntimePolicy.setupVersion);
     },
   };
 }