diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 0cd6c0e2..cd0cea23 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -11,10 +11,9 @@
       "dependencies": {
         "@form8ion/config-file": "^1.0.1",
         "@form8ion/core": "^4.6.1",
-        "@form8ion/github-workflows-core": "^5.1.0",
+        "@form8ion/github-workflows-core": "^5.3.0",
         "@form8ion/javascript-core": "^11.0.0",
-        "deepmerge": "^4.2.2",
-        "js-yaml": "^4.1.0"
+        "deepmerge": "^4.2.2"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
         "@babel/register": "7.24.6",
@@ -37,6 +36,7 @@
         "gherkin-lint": "4.2.4",
         "husky": "9.1.5",
         "jest-when": "3.6.0",
+        "js-yaml": "4.1.0",
         "lockfile-lint": "4.14.0",
         "ls-engines": "0.9.3",
         "mocha": "10.7.3",
@@ -3758,9 +3758,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@form8ion/core": {
-      "version": "4.6.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@form8ion/core/-/core-4.6.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-vpDOmoIFWQ+LmGNS1A7pw3xPN1p5+7gQkZmRwjNX5GHMIk1yAAIfATegMCOFF6lsObAIZFLz9PdhpjCit65c4A==",
+      "version": "4.7.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@form8ion/core/-/core-4.7.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-mIcMwO5ql6NDt5kFQAWH0cnmakKnF3YvLOL+KmfJXn9zO2BPTmzEnJ68gUcIG2J5gPJmxg1rRAB4d2X/Cm2PjQ==",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@hapi/hoek": "^11.0.2",
@@ -3823,12 +3823,12 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@form8ion/github-workflows-core": {
-      "version": "5.1.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@form8ion/github-workflows-core/-/github-workflows-core-5.1.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-t7gvAyG5/MGxXd/5E4iq5jawq4sZHYdzHN3WsP43AZwN76wLYkkIb2ZRaUJOTm1U/E9dOTYWTCXSiOv95uFCLQ==",
+      "version": "5.3.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@form8ion/github-workflows-core/-/github-workflows-core-5.3.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-HaUpdOXcW+qVMG89i/v1RAz5zcr0yYXUFhn3zFq2+rCJ1VW2m7Pd53c/Y/GFK3FRMW4KcvPrLf4PC6itEonSYw==",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
-        "@form8ion/core": "^4.6.1"
+        "@form8ion/core": "^4.7.1"
       },
       "engines": {
         "node": "^18.17 || >=20.6.1"
@@ -14954,6 +14954,7 @@
       "version": "4.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/js-yaml/-/js-yaml-4.1.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-wpxZs9NoxZaJESJGIZTyDEaYpl0FKSA+FB9aJiyemKhMwkxQg63h4T1KJgUGHpTqPDNRcmmYLugrRjJlBtWvRA==",
+      "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "argparse": "^2.0.1"
       },
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e8257bda..62081c67 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -63,10 +63,9 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@form8ion/config-file": "^1.0.1",
     "@form8ion/core": "^4.6.1",
-    "@form8ion/github-workflows-core": "^5.1.0",
+    "@form8ion/github-workflows-core": "^5.3.0",
     "@form8ion/javascript-core": "^11.0.0",
-    "deepmerge": "^4.2.2",
-    "js-yaml": "^4.1.0"
+    "deepmerge": "^4.2.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/register": "7.24.6",
@@ -89,6 +88,7 @@
     "gherkin-lint": "4.2.4",
     "husky": "9.1.5",
     "jest-when": "3.6.0",
+    "js-yaml": "4.1.0",
     "lockfile-lint": "4.14.0",
     "ls-engines": "0.9.3",
     "mocha": "10.7.3",
diff --git a/src/semantic-release/ci-providers/github-workflows/experimental-release-workflow/lifter.js b/src/semantic-release/ci-providers/github-workflows/experimental-release-workflow/lifter.js
index 4c2e700d..2ee55542 100644
--- a/src/semantic-release/ci-providers/github-workflows/experimental-release-workflow/lifter.js
+++ b/src/semantic-release/ci-providers/github-workflows/experimental-release-workflow/lifter.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import {promises as fs} from 'fs';
-import {load} from 'js-yaml';
-import {fileExists} from '@form8ion/core';
+import {loadWorkflowFile, workflowFileExists} from '@form8ion/github-workflows-core';
 
 import scaffolder from './scaffolder.js';
 
@@ -10,26 +9,34 @@ function workflowPermissionsAreMinimal(existingContents) {
     && 'read' === existingContents.permissions.contents;
 }
 
-async function contentsNeedToBeUpdated(pathToReleaseWorkflowFile) {
-  const existingContents = load(await fs.readFile(pathToReleaseWorkflowFile, 'utf-8'));
+async function contentsNeedToBeUpdated({projectRoot, name}) {
+  const existingContents = await loadWorkflowFile({projectRoot, name});
 
   return existingContents.on.workflow_dispatch || !workflowPermissionsAreMinimal(existingContents);
 }
 
-async function releaseWorkflowShouldBeScaffolded(pathToReleaseWorkflowFile) {
-  return !await fileExists(pathToReleaseWorkflowFile) || contentsNeedToBeUpdated(pathToReleaseWorkflowFile);
+async function releaseWorkflowShouldBeScaffolded({projectRoot, name}) {
+  return !await workflowFileExists({projectRoot, name}) || contentsNeedToBeUpdated({projectRoot, name});
 }
 
-export default async function ({projectRoot, nodeVersion}) {
+async function renameLegacyReleaseWorkflow(projectRoot, experimentalReleaseWorkflowName) {
   const workflowsDirectory = `${projectRoot}/.github/workflows`;
-  const pathToExperimentalReleaseWorkflowFile = `${workflowsDirectory}/experimental-release.yml`;
-  const pathToLegacyReleaseWorkflowFile = `${workflowsDirectory}/release.yml`;
+  const legacyReleaseWorkflowName = 'release';
 
-  if (await fileExists(pathToLegacyReleaseWorkflowFile)) {
-    await fs.rename(pathToLegacyReleaseWorkflowFile, pathToExperimentalReleaseWorkflowFile);
+  if (await workflowFileExists({projectRoot, name: legacyReleaseWorkflowName})) {
+    await fs.rename(
+      `${workflowsDirectory}/${legacyReleaseWorkflowName}.yml`,
+      `${workflowsDirectory}/${experimentalReleaseWorkflowName}.yml`
+    );
   }
+}
+
+export default async function ({projectRoot, nodeVersion}) {
+  const experimentalReleaseWorkflowName = 'experimental-release';
+
+  await renameLegacyReleaseWorkflow(projectRoot, experimentalReleaseWorkflowName);
 
-  if (await releaseWorkflowShouldBeScaffolded(pathToExperimentalReleaseWorkflowFile)) {
+  if (await releaseWorkflowShouldBeScaffolded({projectRoot, name: experimentalReleaseWorkflowName})) {
     return scaffolder({projectRoot, nodeVersion});
   }
 
diff --git a/src/semantic-release/ci-providers/github-workflows/lifter.js b/src/semantic-release/ci-providers/github-workflows/lifter.js
index a0bb2d43..821705e1 100644
--- a/src/semantic-release/ci-providers/github-workflows/lifter.js
+++ b/src/semantic-release/ci-providers/github-workflows/lifter.js
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-import {promises as fs} from 'fs';
-import {load} from 'js-yaml';
-import {writeWorkflowFile} from '@form8ion/github-workflows-core';
+import {loadWorkflowFile, writeWorkflowFile} from '@form8ion/github-workflows-core';
 
 import determineTriggerNeedsFrom from './release-trigger-needs.js';
 import {lift as liftReleaseWorkflow} from './experimental-release-workflow/index.js';
@@ -17,11 +15,11 @@ function removeCycjimmyActionFrom(otherJobs) {
 }
 
 export default async function ({projectRoot, nodeVersion}) {
-  const workflowsDirectory = `${projectRoot}/.github/workflows`;
+  const ciWorkflowName = 'node-ci';
 
   await liftReleaseWorkflow({projectRoot, nodeVersion});
 
-  const parsedVerificationWorkflowDetails = load(await fs.readFile(`${workflowsDirectory}/node-ci.yml`, 'utf-8'));
+  const parsedVerificationWorkflowDetails = await loadWorkflowFile({projectRoot, name: ciWorkflowName});
 
   parsedVerificationWorkflowDetails.on.push.branches = [
     ...parsedVerificationWorkflowDetails.on.push.branches.filter(branch => 'alpha' !== branch),
@@ -48,7 +46,7 @@ export default async function ({projectRoot, nodeVersion}) {
 
   await writeWorkflowFile({
     projectRoot,
-    name: 'node-ci',
+    name: ciWorkflowName,
     config: parsedVerificationWorkflowDetails
   });
 }
diff --git a/test/integration/features/step_definitions/github-workflows-steps.js b/test/integration/features/step_definitions/github-workflows-steps.js
index d41e8b9c..993e8012 100644
--- a/test/integration/features/step_definitions/github-workflows-steps.js
+++ b/test/integration/features/step_definitions/github-workflows-steps.js
@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
 import {promises as fs} from 'fs';
-import {fileExists} from '@form8ion/core';
+import {loadWorkflowFile, workflowFileExists} from '@form8ion/github-workflows-core';
 
 import {Given, Then} from '@cucumber/cucumber';
 import {assert} from 'chai';
-import {load} from 'js-yaml';
 
-async function loadReleaseWorkflowDefinition() {
+const experimentalReleaseWorkflowName = 'experimental-release';
+const legacyReleaseWorkflowName = 'release';
+const ciWorkflowName = 'node-ci';
+
+async function loadReleaseWorkflowDefinition({projectRoot}) {
   assert.isTrue(
-    await fileExists(`${process.cwd()}/.github/workflows/experimental-release.yml`),
-    'Release workflow is missing'
+    await workflowFileExists({projectRoot, name: experimentalReleaseWorkflowName}),
+    'Experimental-Release workflow is missing'
   );
 
-  const {on: triggers, jobs} = load(
-    await fs.readFile(`${process.cwd()}/.github/workflows/experimental-release.yml`, 'utf-8')
-  );
+  const {on: triggers, jobs} = await loadWorkflowFile({projectRoot, name: experimentalReleaseWorkflowName});
 
   return {triggers, jobs};
 }
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ Given('no conventional verification workflow is defined', async function () {
 });
 
 Then('the experimental release workflow calls the reusable workflow for alpha branches', async function () {
-  const {triggers, jobs} = await loadReleaseWorkflowDefinition();
+  const {triggers, jobs} = await loadReleaseWorkflowDefinition({projectRoot: this.projectRoot});
 
   assert.isUndefined(triggers.workflow_dispatch);
   assert.deepEqual(triggers.push.branches, ['alpha']);
@@ -93,13 +94,13 @@ Then('the experimental release workflow calls the reusable workflow for alpha br
 });
 
 Then('the legacy experimental release workflow has been renamed', async function () {
-  assert.isFalse(await fileExists(`${process.cwd()}/.github/workflows/release.yml`));
+  assert.isFalse(await workflowFileExists({projectRoot: this.projectRoot, name: legacyReleaseWorkflowName}));
 });
 
 Then(
   'the experimental release workflow calls the reusable workflow for semantic-release v19 for alpha branches',
   async function () {
-    const {triggers, jobs} = await loadReleaseWorkflowDefinition();
+    const {triggers, jobs} = await loadReleaseWorkflowDefinition({projectRoot: this.projectRoot});
 
     assert.isUndefined(triggers.workflow_dispatch);
     assert.deepEqual(triggers.push.branches, ['alpha']);
@@ -111,14 +112,11 @@ Then(
 );
 
 Then('the release workflow is not defined', async function () {
-  assert.isFalse(await fileExists(`${process.cwd()}/.github/workflows/release.yml`));
+  assert.isFalse(await workflowFileExists({projectRoot: this.projectRoot, name: experimentalReleaseWorkflowName}));
 });
 
 Then('the verification workflow calls the reusable release workflow', async function () {
-  const verificationWorkflowDefinition = load(await fs.readFile(
-    `${process.cwd()}/.github/workflows/node-ci.yml`,
-    'utf-8'
-  ));
+  const verificationWorkflowDefinition = await loadWorkflowFile({projectRoot: this.projectRoot, name: ciWorkflowName});
   const branchTriggers = verificationWorkflowDefinition.on.push.branches;
 
   assert.include(branchTriggers, 'master');
@@ -148,10 +146,7 @@ Then('the verification workflow calls the reusable release workflow', async func
 });
 
 Then('the verification workflow calls the reusable release workflow for semantic-release v19', async function () {
-  const verificationWorkflowDefinition = load(await fs.readFile(
-    `${process.cwd()}/.github/workflows/node-ci.yml`,
-    'utf-8'
-  ));
+  const verificationWorkflowDefinition = await loadWorkflowFile({projectRoot: this.projectRoot, name: ciWorkflowName});
   const branchTriggers = verificationWorkflowDefinition.on.push.branches;
 
   assert.include(branchTriggers, 'master');
@@ -172,19 +167,13 @@ Then('the verification workflow calls the reusable release workflow for semantic
 });
 
 Then('the verification workflow does not trigger the release workflow', async function () {
-  const verificationWorkflowDefinition = load(await fs.readFile(
-    `${process.cwd()}/.github/workflows/node-ci.yml`,
-    'utf-8'
-  ));
+  const verificationWorkflowDefinition = await loadWorkflowFile({projectRoot: this.projectRoot, name: ciWorkflowName});
 
   assert.isUndefined(verificationWorkflowDefinition.jobs['trigger-release']);
 });
 
 Then('the release is not called until verification completes', async function () {
-  const verificationWorkflowDefinition = load(await fs.readFile(
-    `${process.cwd()}/.github/workflows/node-ci.yml`,
-    'utf-8'
-  ));
+  const verificationWorkflowDefinition = await loadWorkflowFile({projectRoot: this.projectRoot, name: ciWorkflowName});
   const triggerReleaseJob = verificationWorkflowDefinition.jobs.release;
 
   assert.include(triggerReleaseJob.needs, 'verify');