diff --git a/.github/scripts/package-lock.json b/.github/scripts/package-lock.json
deleted file mode 100644
index f364e1106..000000000
--- a/.github/scripts/package-lock.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "github-scripts",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
-  "lockfileVersion": 3,
-  "requires": true,
-  "packages": {
-    "": {
-      "name": "github-scripts",
-      "version": "1.0.0",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "yaml": "2.8.1"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/yaml": {
-      "version": "2.8.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yaml/-/yaml-2.8.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-lcYcMxX2PO9XMGvAJkJ3OsNMw+/7FKes7/hgerGUYWIoWu5j/+YQqcZr5JnPZWzOsEBgMbSbiSTn/dv/69Mkpw==",
-      "license": "ISC",
-      "bin": {
-        "yaml": "bin.mjs"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">= 14.6"
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/.github/scripts/package.json b/.github/scripts/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index efca3b345..000000000
--- a/.github/scripts/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "//": "Dependencies for GitHub Actions workflows that use actions/github-script",
-  "name": "github-scripts",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
-  "private": true,
-  "dependencies": {
-    "yaml": "2.8.1"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/assign-issue-owners.yml b/.github/workflows/assign-issue-owners.yml
index bc648c8e4..ee64f176a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/assign-issue-owners.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/assign-issue-owners.yml
@@ -19,8 +19,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@93cb6efe18208431cddfb8368fd83d5badbf9bfd # v5.0.1
 
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@2028fbc5c25fe9cf00d9f06a71cc4710d4507903 # v6.0.0
+
       - name: Install yaml dependency used below
-        run: npm ci --prefix .github/scripts
+        run: npm install yaml@2.8.1 --integrity=sha512-lcYcMxX2PO9XMGvAJkJ3OsNMw+/7FKes7/hgerGUYWIoWu5j/+YQqcZr5JnPZWzOsEBgMbSbiSTn/dv/69Mkpw==
 
       - name: Parse component label and assign owners
         uses: actions/github-script@ed597411d8f924073f98dfc5c65a23a2325f34cd # v8.0.0