diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/qa.yml b/.gitea/workflows/qa.yml
index c474f9a..81eb6c6 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/qa.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/qa.yml
@@ -29,13 +29,12 @@ jobs:
           version: 10
       - name: 🔐 Registry Auth
         run: |
-          REGISTRY="${{ vars.REGISTRY_HOST || 'npm.infra.mintel.me' }}"
-          echo "@mintel:registry=https://$REGISTRY" > .npmrc
-          echo "//$REGISTRY/:_authToken=${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN || secrets.GITEA_PAT || secrets.MINTEL_PRIVATE_TOKEN }}" >> .npmrc
+          echo "@mintel:registry=https://${{ vars.REGISTRY_HOST || 'npm.infra.mintel.me' }}" > .npmrc
+          echo "//${{ vars.REGISTRY_HOST || 'npm.infra.mintel.me' }}/:_authToken=${{ secrets.REGISTRY_PASS }}" >> .npmrc
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           rm -rf .next .turbo node_modules || true
-          pnpm install --no-frozen-lockfile --reporter=append-only
+          pnpm install --frozen-lockfile --reporter=append-only
 
   static:
     name: 🔍 Static Analysis
@@ -56,11 +55,10 @@ jobs:
           node-version: 20
       - name: 🔐 Registry Auth
         run: |
-          REGISTRY="${{ vars.REGISTRY_HOST || 'npm.infra.mintel.me' }}"
-          echo "@mintel:registry=https://$REGISTRY" > .npmrc
-          echo "//$REGISTRY/:_authToken=${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN || secrets.GITEA_PAT || secrets.MINTEL_PRIVATE_TOKEN }}" >> .npmrc
+          echo "@mintel:registry=https://${{ vars.REGISTRY_HOST || 'npm.infra.mintel.me' }}" > .npmrc
+          echo "//${{ vars.REGISTRY_HOST || 'npm.infra.mintel.me' }}/:_authToken=${{ secrets.REGISTRY_PASS }}" >> .npmrc
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: pnpm install --no-frozen-lockfile
+        run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
       - name: 🌐 HTML Validation
         env:
           NEXT_PUBLIC_BASE_URL: 'https://testing.mb-grid-solutions.com'
@@ -91,11 +89,10 @@ jobs:
           node-version: 20
       - name: 🔐 Registry Auth
         run: |
-          REGISTRY="${{ vars.REGISTRY_HOST || 'npm.infra.mintel.me' }}"
-          echo "@mintel:registry=https://$REGISTRY" > .npmrc
-          echo "//$REGISTRY/:_authToken=${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN || secrets.GITEA_PAT || secrets.MINTEL_PRIVATE_TOKEN }}" >> .npmrc
+          echo "@mintel:registry=https://${{ vars.REGISTRY_HOST || 'npm.infra.mintel.me' }}" > .npmrc
+          echo "//${{ vars.REGISTRY_HOST || 'npm.infra.mintel.me' }}/:_authToken=${{ secrets.REGISTRY_PASS }}" >> .npmrc
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: pnpm install --no-frozen-lockfile
+        run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
       - name: 🔍 Install Chromium
         run: |
           apt-get update && apt-get install -y gnupg wget ca-certificates
@@ -132,11 +129,10 @@ jobs:
           node-version: 20
       - name: 🔐 Registry Auth
         run: |
-          REGISTRY="${{ vars.REGISTRY_HOST || 'npm.infra.mintel.me' }}"
-          echo "@mintel:registry=https://$REGISTRY" > .npmrc
-          echo "//$REGISTRY/:_authToken=${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN || secrets.GITEA_PAT || secrets.MINTEL_PRIVATE_TOKEN }}" >> .npmrc
+          echo "@mintel:registry=https://${{ vars.REGISTRY_HOST || 'npm.infra.mintel.me' }}" > .npmrc
+          echo "//${{ vars.REGISTRY_HOST || 'npm.infra.mintel.me' }}/:_authToken=${{ secrets.REGISTRY_PASS }}" >> .npmrc
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: pnpm install --no-frozen-lockfile
+        run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
       - name: 📦 Depcheck
         continue-on-error: true
         run: pnpm dlx depcheck --ignores="*eslint*,*typescript*,*tailwindcss*,*postcss*,*prettier*,*@types/*,*husky*,*lint-staged*,*@next/*,*@lhci/*,*commitlint*,*cspell*,*rimraf*,*@payloadcms/*,*start-server-and-test*,*html-validate*,*critters*,*dotenv*,*turbo*,autoprefixer,pa11y-ci,pino-pretty"
@@ -165,11 +161,10 @@ jobs:
           version: 10
       - name: 🔐 Registry Auth
         run: |
-          REGISTRY="${{ vars.REGISTRY_HOST || 'npm.infra.mintel.me' }}"
-          echo "@mintel:registry=https://$REGISTRY" > .npmrc
-          echo "//$REGISTRY/:_authToken=${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN || secrets.GITEA_PAT || secrets.MINTEL_PRIVATE_TOKEN }}" >> .npmrc
+          echo "@mintel:registry=https://${{ vars.REGISTRY_HOST || 'npm.infra.mintel.me' }}" > .npmrc
+          echo "//${{ vars.REGISTRY_HOST || 'npm.infra.mintel.me' }}/:_authToken=${{ secrets.REGISTRY_PASS }}" >> .npmrc
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: pnpm install --no-frozen-lockfile
+        run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
       - name: 🔍 Install Chromium
         run: |
           apt-get update && apt-get install -y gnupg wget ca-certificates