Fix publish: upgrade npm CLI for Trusted Publishing OIDC support

Author: PredictabilityAtScale

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: 22
           cache: npm
-      - run: npm config set registry https://registry.npmjs.org/
+          registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org
+      - run: npm install -g npm@latest
       - run: npm ci
       - run: npm run lint
       - run: npm test