refactor: Bump npm from 11.18.0 to 11.21.1, brace-expansion from 5.0.7 to 5.0.12 and @babel/core from 7.24.8 to 7.29.7 - #965

Node.js 20 is deprecated. The following actions target Node.js 20 but are being forced to run on Node.js 24: actions/checkout@v3, actions/setup-node@v3. For more information see: https://github.blog/changelog/2025-09-19-deprecation-of-node-20-on-github-actions-runners/