diff --git a/.beads/interactions.jsonl b/.beads/interactions.jsonl
index c36fce8..646e929 100644
--- a/.beads/interactions.jsonl
+++ b/.beads/interactions.jsonl
@@ -2,3 +2,6 @@
 {"id":"int-0600ed25","kind":"field_change","created_at":"2026-05-04T04:44:14.236762188Z","actor":"Daniel Vianna","issue_id":"devloop-hrb","extra":{"field":"status","new_value":"closed","old_value":"in_progress","reason":"Documented in README and behavior reference"}}
 {"id":"int-76f6d530","kind":"field_change","created_at":"2026-05-04T04:54:41.658928411Z","actor":"Daniel Vianna","issue_id":"devloop-a2l","extra":{"field":"status","new_value":"in_progress","old_value":"open"}}
 {"id":"int-a662fcf5","kind":"field_change","created_at":"2026-05-04T04:55:43.073552254Z","actor":"Daniel Vianna","issue_id":"devloop-a2l","extra":{"field":"status","new_value":"closed","old_value":"in_progress","reason":"0.9.0 changelog section prepared for release"}}
+{"id":"int-86654cff","kind":"field_change","created_at":"2026-05-04T05:04:02.094983141Z","actor":"Daniel Vianna","issue_id":"devloop-wmg","extra":{"field":"status","new_value":"closed","old_value":"open","reason":"Enabled main branch protection requiring pull requests and enforcing admins"}}
+{"id":"int-3b68e9b9","kind":"field_change","created_at":"2026-05-04T05:04:29.856512342Z","actor":"Daniel Vianna","issue_id":"devloop-kdf","extra":{"field":"status","new_value":"in_progress","old_value":"open"}}
+{"id":"int-0be816e4","kind":"field_change","created_at":"2026-05-04T05:04:47.817970487Z","actor":"Daniel Vianna","issue_id":"devloop-kdf","extra":{"field":"status","new_value":"closed","old_value":"in_progress","reason":"Updated release workflow to softprops/action-gh-release v3.0.0"}}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-reusable.yml b/.github/workflows/release-reusable.yml
index b24d175..6344786 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-reusable.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-reusable.yml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Publish GitHub release asset
         if: inputs.publish_release_notes
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v3.0.0
         with:
           files: ${{ inputs.archive_name }}
           body_path: release-notes.md
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Publish GitHub release asset without notes
         if: ${{ !inputs.publish_release_notes }}
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v3.0.0
         with:
           files: ${{ inputs.archive_name }}
           fail_on_unmatched_files: true
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 49e09b0..906303a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ All notable changes to `devloop` will be recorded in this file.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+- Updated the GitHub release publishing action to
+  `softprops/action-gh-release@v3.0.0`, which uses the Node 24 action
+  runtime.
+
 ## [0.9.0] - 2026-05-04
 
 ### Added