diff --git a/.github/workflows/documentation.yml b/.github/workflows/documentation.yml
index 8181187..5ff5544 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/documentation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/documentation.yml
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Setup Node.js environment
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 16
+          node-version: 20
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: npm ci
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: gh-pages
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index ff0eabb..02e028b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ jobs:
     environment: release
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: 'lts/*'
       - name: Install dependencies
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-        run: npx semantic-release
\ No newline at end of file
+        run: npx semantic-release
diff --git a/.github/workflows/simulate-documentation.yml b/.github/workflows/simulate-documentation.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9bcfb07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/simulate-documentation.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+name: simulate documentation
+
+# Controls when the workflow will run
+on:
+  # Triggers the workflow on push or pull request events but only for the "main" branch
+  push:
+    branches-ignore: [ "main" ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches-ignore: [ "main" ]
+
+  # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: build documentation
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup Node.js environment
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 20
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm ci
+
+      - name: Build documentation
+        run: npm run docs
diff --git a/.github/workflows/simulate-release.yml b/.github/workflows/simulate-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a992a50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/simulate-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+name: simulate release
+on:
+  push:
+    branches-ignore: ["main"]
+  pull_request:
+    branches-ignore: ["main"]
+jobs:
+  release:
+    name: release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: release
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 'lts/*'
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm ci
+      - name: Build
+        run: npm run build && node prepare-package.js