diff --git a/.github/changeset-preview/package.json b/.github/changeset-preview/package.json
index b78a9860..6bde613e 100644
--- a/.github/changeset-preview/package.json
+++ b/.github/changeset-preview/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
   "dependencies": {
-    "@changesets/get-release-plan": "^4.0.16"
+    "@changesets/get-release-plan": "^5.0.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/.github/comment-on-release/README.md b/.github/comment-on-release/README.md
index 84675e00..c6b20ba3 100644
--- a/.github/comment-on-release/README.md
+++ b/.github/comment-on-release/README.md
@@ -42,24 +42,25 @@ Add this step to your `.github/workflows/release.yml` file after the `changesets
 ```yaml
 - name: Run Changesets (version or publish)
   id: changesets
-  uses: changesets/action@v1.5.3
+  uses: changesets/action@ae32849d5ba541f9ae29e40e22a623bc13562f51 # v2.1.2
   with:
-    version: pnpm run changeset:version
-    publish: pnpm run changeset:publish
-    commit: 'ci: Version Packages'
-    title: 'ci: Version Packages'
-  env:
-    GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
+    github-token: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
+    version-script: pnpm run changeset:version
+    publish-script: pnpm run changeset:publish
+    commit-message: 'ci: Version Packages'
+    pr-title: 'ci: Version Packages'
 
 - name: Comment on PRs about release
   if: steps.changesets.outputs.published == 'true'
   uses: TanStack/config/.github/comment-on-release@main
   with:
-    published-packages: ${{ steps.changesets.outputs.publishedPackages }}
+    published-packages: ${{ steps.changesets.outputs.published-packages }}
     GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
 ```
 
-This action requires the `GH_TOKEN` input to authenticate with the GitHub API.
+The release workflow in this example requires a `GH_TOKEN` secret for its custom
+GitHub token. The comment action also supports the default `github.token` when its
+`GH_TOKEN` input is omitted or empty.
 
 ## Requirements
 
diff --git a/.github/comment-on-release/action.yml b/.github/comment-on-release/action.yml
index e8087e21..0563c0b0 100644
--- a/.github/comment-on-release/action.yml
+++ b/.github/comment-on-release/action.yml
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ runs:
       run: node ${{ github.action_path }}/comment-on-release.ts
       env:
         PUBLISHED_PACKAGES: ${{ inputs.published-packages }}
-        GH_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.GH_TOKEN }}
+        GH_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.GH_TOKEN || github.token }}
diff --git a/.github/comment-on-release/comment-on-release.ts b/.github/comment-on-release/comment-on-release.ts
index 9bd73810..60dfe0b2 100644
--- a/.github/comment-on-release/comment-on-release.ts
+++ b/.github/comment-on-release/comment-on-release.ts
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ async function commentOnIssue(
 async function main() {
   // Read published packages from environment variable (set by GitHub Actions)
   const publishedPackagesJson = process.env.PUBLISHED_PACKAGES
-  const repository = process.env.REPOSITORY
+  const repository = process.env.REPOSITORY || process.env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY
 
   if (!publishedPackagesJson) {
     console.log('No packages were published. Skipping PR comments.')
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 67914bd6..d9f56c0c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       contents: write
       id-token: write
       pull-requests: write
+      issues: write
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
@@ -37,15 +38,14 @@ jobs:
         id: changesets
         uses: changesets/action@ae32849d5ba541f9ae29e40e22a623bc13562f51 # v2.1.2
         with:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
           version-script: pnpm run changeset:version
           publish-script: pnpm run changeset:publish
           commit-message: 'ci: Version Packages'
           pr-title: 'ci: Version Packages'
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
       - name: Comment on PRs and issues about release
         if: steps.changesets.outputs.published == 'true'
         uses: ./.github/comment-on-release
         with:
-          published-packages: ${{ steps.changesets.outputs.publishedPackages }}
+          published-packages: ${{ steps.changesets.outputs.published-packages }}
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index c9e51413..e9e85301 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ If you have been assigned to fix an issue or develop a new feature, please follo
   pnpm install
   ```
 
-  - We use [pnpm](https://pnpm.io/) v9 for package management (run in case of pnpm-related issues).
+  - We use [pnpm](https://pnpm.io/) v12 for package management (run in case of pnpm-related issues).
 
     ```bash
     corepack enable && corepack prepare