diff --git a/.depcheckrc b/.depcheckrc
index a6b72777..8484539a 100644
--- a/.depcheckrc
+++ b/.depcheckrc
@@ -10,5 +10,3 @@ ignores:
   - "@commitlint/config-conventional"
   # types usually are not required directly
   - "@types/jest"
-  # used to cleanup before build
-  - "rimraf"
diff --git a/.github/actions/setup/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup/action.yml
index 64aa13e3..dc5b8be9 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup/action.yml
@@ -5,20 +5,16 @@ runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
     - name: setup nodejs
-      uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+      uses: actions/setup-node@v4
       with:
         node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
-        check-latest: true
+        check-latest: false
         cache: npm
-    - name: cache dependencies
-      id: cache
-      uses: actions/cache@v3
-      with:
-        path: ./node_modules
-        key: node-modules-${{ runner.name }}-${{ runner.arch}}-${{ hashFiles('package-lock.json') }}
     - name: install dependencies
-      run: npm ci --ignore-scripts --no-audit --no-progress --prefer-offline
+      run: npm ci --ignore-scripts --no-audit --no-progress --prefer-offline  --no-fund
       # only run npm ci when restoring the cache didn’t work to save some time
       # as npm ci would remove the node_modules again
       if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
       shell: bash
+    - run: npm ls --depth 0 || true
+      shell: bash
diff --git a/.github/workflows/default.yml b/.github/workflows/default.yml
index 2fa0da5b..fd67d470 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/default.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/default.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ on:
   pull_request:
 
 jobs:
-  # https://github.com/github/super-linter
   lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
@@ -38,8 +37,9 @@ jobs:
 
   test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [lint, build]
-
+    needs:
+      - lint
+      - build
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - uses: ./.github/actions/setup
@@ -64,13 +64,27 @@ jobs:
     # to the secrets used
     if: ${{ github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [test]
+    needs:
+      - test
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
+      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
+        id: release
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          target-branch: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          release-type: node
+
+  publish:
+    if: ${{ needs.release.outputs.release_created }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:
+      - release
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: ./.github/actions/setup
-      - run: npx run semantic-release@24.2.0
+      - run: npm publish --dry-run --provenance --access public
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index be2a421b..8264fe3a 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
         "nock": "13.5.6",
         "pinst": "3.0.0",
         "prettier": "3.4.2",
-        "rimraf": "6.0.1",
         "ts-jest": "29.2.5",
         "ts-node": "10.9.2",
         "typescript": "5.7.2"
@@ -1269,102 +1268,6 @@
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       }
     },
-    "node_modules/@isaacs/cliui": {
-      "version": "8.0.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@isaacs/cliui/-/cliui-8.0.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-O8jcjabXaleOG9DQ0+ARXWZBTfnP4WNAqzuiJK7ll44AmxGKv/J2M4TPjxjY3znBCfvBXFzucm1twdyFybFqEA==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "dependencies": {
-        "string-width": "^5.1.2",
-        "string-width-cjs": "npm:string-width@^4.2.0",
-        "strip-ansi": "^7.0.1",
-        "strip-ansi-cjs": "npm:strip-ansi@^6.0.1",
-        "wrap-ansi": "^8.1.0",
-        "wrap-ansi-cjs": "npm:wrap-ansi@^7.0.0"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=12"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/@isaacs/cliui/node_modules/ansi-regex": {
-      "version": "6.0.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ansi-regex/-/ansi-regex-6.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-n5M855fKb2SsfMIiFFoVrABHJC8QtHwVx+mHWP3QcEqBHYienj5dHSgjbxtC0WEZXYt4wcD6zrQElDPhFuZgfA==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=12"
-      },
-      "funding": {
-        "url": "https://github.com/chalk/ansi-regex?sponsor=1"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/@isaacs/cliui/node_modules/ansi-styles": {
-      "version": "6.2.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ansi-styles/-/ansi-styles-6.2.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-bN798gFfQX+viw3R7yrGWRqnrN2oRkEkUjjl4JNn4E8GxxbjtG3FbrEIIY3l8/hrwUwIeCZvi4QuOTP4MErVug==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=12"
-      },
-      "funding": {
-        "url": "https://github.com/chalk/ansi-styles?sponsor=1"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/@isaacs/cliui/node_modules/emoji-regex": {
-      "version": "9.2.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/emoji-regex/-/emoji-regex-9.2.2.tgz",
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-      "dev": true
-    },
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/string-width/-/string-width-5.1.2.tgz",
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-      "dev": true,
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-        "emoji-regex": "^9.2.2",
-        "strip-ansi": "^7.0.1"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=12"
-      },
-      "funding": {
-        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
-      }
-    },
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/strip-ansi/-/strip-ansi-7.1.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-iq6eVVI64nQQTRYq2KtEg2d2uU7LElhTJwsH4YzIHZshxlgZms/wIc4VoDQTlG/IvVIrBKG06CrZnp0qv7hkcQ==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "dependencies": {
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-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=12"
-      },
-      "funding": {
-        "url": "https://github.com/chalk/strip-ansi?sponsor=1"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/@isaacs/cliui/node_modules/wrap-ansi": {
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/wrap-ansi/-/wrap-ansi-8.1.0.tgz",
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-      "dev": true,
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-        "string-width": "^5.0.1",
-        "strip-ansi": "^7.0.1"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=12"
-      },
-      "funding": {
-        "url": "https://github.com/chalk/wrap-ansi?sponsor=1"
-      }
-    },
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@pkgjs/parseargs/-/parseargs-0.11.0.tgz",
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-      "dev": true,
-      "optional": true,
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=14"
-      }
-    },
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@pkgr/core/-/core-0.1.1.tgz",
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/eastasianwidth/-/eastasianwidth-0.2.0.tgz",
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-    },
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-      "dev": true,
-      "dependencies": {
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-        "signal-exit": "^4.0.1"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=14"
-      },
-      "funding": {
-        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/isaacs"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/foreground-child/node_modules/signal-exit": {
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/signal-exit/-/signal-exit-4.1.0.tgz",
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-      "dev": true,
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=14"
-      },
-      "funding": {
-        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/isaacs"
-      }
-    },
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jackspeak/-/jackspeak-4.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-cub8rahkh0Q/bw1+GxP7aeSe29hHHn2V4m29nnDlvCdlgU+3UGxkZp7Z53jLUdpX3jdTO0nJZUDl3xvbWc2Xog==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "dependencies": {
-        "@isaacs/cliui": "^8.0.2"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": "20 || >=22"
-      },
-      "funding": {
-        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/isaacs"
-      },
-      "optionalDependencies": {
-        "@pkgjs/parseargs": "^0.11.0"
-      }
-    },
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jake/-/jake-10.9.1.tgz",
@@ -5433,15 +5274,6 @@
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-    "node_modules/minipass": {
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/minipass/-/minipass-7.1.2.tgz",
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-      "engines": {
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-      "engines": {
-        "node": "20 || >=22"
-      },
-      "funding": {
-        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/isaacs"
-      }
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-      "engines": {
-        "node": "20 || >=22"
-      },
-      "funding": {
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-      "funding": {
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 502745ca..8ace7fba 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "maintainer": {
     "name": "Marcel Eichner",
-    "email": "marcel.eichner@ephigenia.de"
+    "email": "love@ephigenia.de"
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   "contributors": [
     {
       "name": "Marcel Eichner",
-      "email": "marcel.eichner@ephigenia.de"
+      "email": "love@ephigenia.de"
     }
   ],
   "repository": {
@@ -51,14 +51,12 @@
   "scripts": {
     "_postinstall": "husky install",
     "build": "tsc --module commonjs --project tsconfig.build.json",
-    "clean": "rimraf dist",
     "format": "prettier -w \"{src,test}/**/*.ts\"",
     "lint:fix": "npm run lint -- --fix",
     "lint": "eslint \"{src,test}/**/*.ts\"",
     "postpublish": "pinst --enable",
     "prepublishOnly": "pinst --disable",
     "prepare": "npm run build",
-    "semantic-release": "semantic-release",
     "start": "node -r ts-node/register src/cli/index.ts",
     "tdd": "TZ=Europe/Berlin npm run -s test -- --watch --coverage false",
     "test:ci": "npm run -s test",
@@ -88,7 +86,6 @@
     "nock": "13.5.6",
     "pinst": "3.0.0",
     "prettier": "3.4.2",
-    "rimraf": "6.0.1",
     "ts-jest": "29.2.5",
     "ts-node": "10.9.2",
     "typescript": "5.7.2"