diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly-dev-release.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly-dev-release.yml
index 521d7629c5..66fd311797 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly-dev-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-dev-release.yml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:
           const dateStr = today.toISOString().split("T")[0].replace(/-/g, "");
           const sha = require("child_process").execSync("git rev-parse --short HEAD").toString("utf8").trim();
 
-          const prevVersion = fs.readFile(`${process.env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/version.txt`, "utf8");
+          const prevVersion = fs.readFileSync(`${process.env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/version.txt`, "utf8");
 
           const parsed = semver.parse(prevVersion);
           const prereleaseIdentifier = parsed.prerelease[0] || "alpha";
diff --git a/.github/workflows/official-release.yml b/.github/workflows/official-release.yml
index f68e06eba3..08408e8043 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/official-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/official-release.yml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ jobs:
             const semver = require('semver');
             const fs = require("fs");
 
-            const prevVersion = fs.readFile(`${process.env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/version.txt`, "utf8");
+            const prevVersion = fs.readFileSync(`${process.env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/version.txt`, "utf8");
 
             const parsed = semver.parse(prevVersion);
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-npm.yml b/.github/workflows/release-npm.yml
index 5beaf6166b..cfb41a5dd8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-npm.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-npm.yml
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ jobs:
           result-encoding: string
           script: |
             const fs = require('fs');
-            return fs.readFile(`${process.env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/version.txt`, "utf8");
+            return fs.readFileSync(`${process.env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/version.txt`, "utf8");
 
       - name: Apply new version to package files
         if: steps.automerge.outputs.mergeResult == 'merged'