diff --git a/.npmrc b/.npmrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..12934b83a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.npmrc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+min-release-age=7 # days
+ignore-scripts=true
+engine-strict=true
diff --git a/.npmrc.license b/.npmrc.license
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3034c0d74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.npmrc.license
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: the secureCodeBox authors
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.nvmrc b/.nvmrc
index 2bd5a0a98..a45fd52cc 100644
--- a/.nvmrc
+++ b/.nvmrc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-22
+24