diff --git a/.changeset/giant-years-appear.md b/.changeset/giant-years-appear.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1fad4afd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/giant-years-appear.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+'verdaccio-auth-memory': minor
+'@verdaccio/core': minor
+'@verdaccio/auth': minor
+---
+
+fix: auth callback types
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 0e45b475d..33786341d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: true
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
-        node_version: [18, 20, 21, 22, 23]
+        ## updated according official maintained releases
+        ## https://nodejs.org/en/about/previous-releases
+        node_version: [18, 20, 22, 23]
     name: ${{ matrix.os }} / Node ${{ matrix.node_version }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps: