diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-node-fibers.yml b/.github/workflows/build-node-fibers.yml
index 697163b712a288..de6db6cd75e46a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-node-fibers.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-node-fibers.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ jobs:
 
     env:
       NODE_VERSION: v20.18.3
+      REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
 
     steps:
       - name: Debug Matrix Values
@@ -78,10 +79,33 @@ jobs:
           tar -czf "$ARCHIVE_NAME" -C "$(dirname "$FIBERS_DIR")" "$(basename "$FIBERS_DIR")"
 
       - name: Upload archive to release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
-        with:
-          name: node-${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}-LATEST
-          tag_name: node-${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}-release
-          files: ${{ env.ARCHIVE_NAME }}
+        # Attach the built node-fibers archive to the same node-${NODE_VERSION}-release
+        # release that hosts the corresponding Node binaries.
+        #
+        # Normally this workflow runs after Build Node via workflow_run, so the
+        # release already exists by the time we get here. But workflow_dispatch can
+        # fire it independently (release may not yet exist), and the matrix still
+        # runs both arms (linux-x64, linux-arm64) in parallel — so both arms can
+        # race to create the release. The view-or-create guard with the trailing
+        # `|| gh release view` tolerates "already exists" from a losing racer and
+        # propagates any other create failure through the final view.
+        #
+        # `--clobber` makes re-uploads idempotent on asset name collisions by
+        # deleting the existing asset before uploading. If the new upload fails
+        # after the delete, just re-run the job to rebuild.
+        #
+        # `gh release edit --title` after upload keeps the release title
+        # deterministically derived from NODE_VERSION, overriding any manual rename
+        # in the GitHub UI.
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          TAG="node-${NODE_VERSION}-release"
+          RELEASE_NAME="node-${NODE_VERSION}-LATEST"
+          if ! gh release view "$TAG" --repo "$REPO" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            gh release create "$TAG" --title "$RELEASE_NAME" --notes "" --repo "$REPO" \
+              || gh release view "$TAG" --repo "$REPO" >/dev/null
+          fi
+          gh release upload "$TAG" "$ARCHIVE_NAME" --clobber --repo "$REPO"
+          gh release edit "$TAG" --title "$RELEASE_NAME" --repo "$REPO"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-node-openssl-fips.yml b/.github/workflows/build-node-openssl-fips.yml
index 524f20d42cb787..64ee386bf9b844 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-node-openssl-fips.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-node-openssl-fips.yml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       S3_BUCKET: your-bucket-name
       AWS_REGION: us-east-1
+      REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Node fork
@@ -148,10 +149,35 @@ jobs:
           path: artifacts/${{ env.NODE_ARCHIVE_LATEST }}
 
       - name: Upload Node archive to release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
-        with:
-          name: node-${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}-fips-static-LATEST
-          tag_name: node-${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}-fips-static-release
-          files: ./artifacts/${{ env.NODE_ARCHIVE_LATEST }}
+        # Publish the FIPS-static Node build to its own release tag
+        # (node-${NODE_VERSION}-fips-static-release), separate from the default
+        # Node release so consumers can select the FIPS variant explicitly rather
+        # than relying on filename conventions inside a shared release.
+        #
+        # This workflow is workflow_dispatch-only, and the matrix has two arms
+        # (linux-x64, linux-arm64) running in parallel — on the first invocation
+        # for a new NODE_VERSION both arms race to create the release. The
+        # view-or-create guard with the trailing `|| gh release view` tolerates
+        # "already exists" from the losing racer and propagates any other create
+        # failure through the final view.
+        #
+        # `--clobber` makes re-uploads idempotent on asset name collisions by
+        # deleting the existing asset before uploading. If the new upload fails
+        # after the delete, just re-run the job.
+        #
+        # `gh release edit --title` after upload keeps the release title
+        # deterministically derived from NODE_VERSION, overriding any manual
+        # rename in the GitHub UI.
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          TAG="node-${NODE_VERSION}-fips-static-release"
+          RELEASE_NAME="node-${NODE_VERSION}-fips-static-LATEST"
+          FILE="./artifacts/${NODE_ARCHIVE_LATEST}"
+          if ! gh release view "$TAG" --repo "$REPO" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            gh release create "$TAG" --title "$RELEASE_NAME" --notes "" --repo "$REPO" \
+              || gh release view "$TAG" --repo "$REPO" >/dev/null
+          fi
+          gh release upload "$TAG" "$FILE" --clobber --repo "$REPO"
+          gh release edit "$TAG" --title "$RELEASE_NAME" --repo "$REPO"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-node.yml b/.github/workflows/build-node.yml
index b74f4af4973deb..99dd3209f450f9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-node.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-node.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       S3_BUCKET: your-bucket-name
       AWS_REGION: us-east-1
+      REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Node fork
@@ -97,10 +98,36 @@ jobs:
           path: artifacts/${{ env.NODE_ARCHIVE_LATEST }}
 
       - name: Upload Node archive to release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
-        with:
-          name: node-${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}-LATEST
-          tag_name: node-${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}-release
-          files: ./artifacts/${{ env.NODE_ARCHIVE_LATEST }}
+        # Publish the built Node archive to the node-${NODE_VERSION}-release release.
+        # This is the first uploader in the pipeline; build-node-packages and
+        # build-node-fibers attach additional artifacts to the same release later.
+        #
+        # Matrix concurrency: both matrix arms (linux-x64, linux-arm64) hit this step
+        # in parallel. On the first run for a new NODE_VERSION the release does not
+        # yet exist, so both arms race to create it. The view-or-create guard with
+        # the trailing `|| gh release view` tolerates "already exists" from the
+        # losing arm (as long as the release now exists); any other create failure
+        # propagates through that second view.
+        #
+        # `--clobber` makes re-uploads idempotent on asset name collisions: an
+        # existing asset with the same name is deleted before the new one uploads.
+        # Acceptable here because the -LATEST assets are always reproducible from
+        # the build inputs; if the upload fails after the delete, just re-run the
+        # job.
+        #
+        # `gh release edit --title` after upload keeps the release title
+        # deterministically derived from NODE_VERSION even if someone renames the
+        # release in the GitHub UI.
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          TAG="node-${NODE_VERSION}-release"
+          RELEASE_NAME="node-${NODE_VERSION}-LATEST"
+          FILE="./artifacts/${NODE_ARCHIVE_LATEST}"
+          if ! gh release view "$TAG" --repo "$REPO" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            gh release create "$TAG" --title "$RELEASE_NAME" --notes "" --repo "$REPO" \
+              || gh release view "$TAG" --repo "$REPO" >/dev/null
+          fi
+          gh release upload "$TAG" "$FILE" --clobber --repo "$REPO"
+          gh release edit "$TAG" --title "$RELEASE_NAME" --repo "$REPO"