diff --git a/.github/workflows/version-bump.yaml b/.github/workflows/version-bump.yaml
index d92a92a..cb3fa51 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/version-bump.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/version-bump.yaml
@@ -16,20 +16,17 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
 
-      - name: Set up Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e # v6.4.0
-        with:
-          node-version: 22
-
-      - name: Enable Corepack
-        run: corepack enable
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: yarn install --immutable
+      - name: Setup Node and Yarn
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-node-yarn
 
       - name: Bump Backstage packages
+        env:
+          YARN_ENABLE_IMMUTABLE_INSTALLS: 'false'
         run: yarn backstage-cli versions:bump
 
+      - name: Verify the bumped lockfile
+        run: yarn install --immutable
+
       - name: Open pull request
         uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@5f6978faf089d4d20b00c7766989d076bb2fc7f1 # v8.1.1
         with: