diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index a107405..0ca1f37 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 5
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v7
         with:
-          node-version: 20
+          node-version: 24
       - run: npm test
       - name: Create clean fixture
         run: printf '%s\n' 'sku,title,price' 'A-1,Blue mug,12.00' > "$RUNNER_TEMP/example.csv"
@@ -33,3 +33,20 @@ jobs:
           test -s "$RUNNER_TEMP/example.normalized.csv"
           test -s "$RUNNER_TEMP/example.issues.csv"
           ! grep -F "$RUNNER_TEMP" "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
+
+  released-action-smoke:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 5
+    steps:
+      - name: Create clean fixture
+        run: printf '%s\n' 'sku,title,price' 'A-1,Blue mug,12.00' > "$RUNNER_TEMP/released.csv"
+      - name: Run released Action
+        uses: softpeanut/csv-structural-preflight@v1
+        with:
+          path: ${{ runner.temp }}/released.csv
+          normalized_path: ${{ runner.temp }}/released.normalized.csv
+          report_path: ${{ runner.temp }}/released.issues.csv
+      - name: Verify released outputs
+        run: |
+          test -s "$RUNNER_TEMP/released.normalized.csv"
+          test -s "$RUNNER_TEMP/released.issues.csv"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bcca6fe..10098a6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
   csv-preflight:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
       - name: Check CSV structure
         uses: softpeanut/csv-structural-preflight@v1
         with:
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
           report_path: ${{ runner.temp }}/import.issues.csv
       - name: Preserve evidence
         if: always()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
           name: csv-preflight
           if-no-files-found: warn