diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-release.yml b/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
index b77c9e35..0bd88935 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
@@ -41,8 +41,23 @@ jobs:
           token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
           # Ensure we are checked out on the develop branch
           ref: develop
+      - name: Use Node.js 16.x
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: 16.x
+      - name: Cache dependencies
+        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        with:
+          path: ~/.npm
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-node-${{ hashFiles('**/package.json') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-node-
       - name: Bump version
-        run: node ./scripts/release/bump-version.js "${{ needs.release-pr.outputs.new-version }}"
+        run: |
+          npm version --no-commit-hooks --no-git-tag-version \
+            "${{ needs.release-pr.outputs.new-version }}"
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm i
       - name: Update major version in CDN URLs
         run: node ./scripts/release/update-cdn-urls.js
       - name: Update SVGs count milestone
diff --git a/scripts/release/bump-version.js b/scripts/release/bump-version.js
deleted file mode 100644
index a3bade81..00000000
--- a/scripts/release/bump-version.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @fileoverview
- * Updates the version of this package to the CLI specified version.
- */
-
-import fs from 'node:fs';
-import path from 'node:path';
-import { getDirnameFromImportMeta } from '../../sdk.mjs';
-
-const __dirname = getDirnameFromImportMeta(import.meta.url);
-
-const rootDir = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', '..');
-const packageJsonFile = path.resolve(rootDir, 'package.json');
-
-const readManifest = (file) => {
-  const manifestRaw = fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf-8');
-  const manifestJson = JSON.parse(manifestRaw);
-  return manifestJson;
-};
-
-const writeManifest = (file, json) => {
-  const manifestRaw = JSON.stringify(json, null, 2) + '\n';
-  fs.writeFileSync(file, manifestRaw);
-};
-
-const main = (newVersion) => {
-  try {
-    const manifest = readManifest(packageJsonFile);
-
-    manifest.version = newVersion;
-
-    writeManifest(packageJsonFile, manifest);
-  } catch (error) {
-    console.error(`Failed to bump package version to ${newVersion}:`, error);
-    process.exit(1);
-  }
-};
-
-main(process.argv[2]);