diff --git a/.github/workflows/merge.yml b/.github/workflows/merge.yml
index 67373766a..05bfa4ef7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/merge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/merge.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 env:
   NX_CLOUD_DISTRIBUTED_EXECUTION: true
+  GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+  GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
+  NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+  NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+  HUSKY: 0
 jobs:
   merge:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest # we run on ubuntu because some actions in this job do not work on mac
@@ -23,8 +28,6 @@ jobs:
           cache: 'npm'
           cache-dependency-path: '**/package-lock.json'
           registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org
-        env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
       - run: npm ci
       - name: Derive appropriate SHAs for base and head for `nx affected` commands
         id: sha
@@ -35,17 +38,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: semantic-release
         if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
         run: npm run nx affected --target=version
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
-          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-          HUSKY: 0
       - name: semantic-release beta
         if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/develop'
         run: npm run nx affected -- --target=version --configuration=beta
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
           NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/nx.json b/nx.json
index b658a4595..07dce1a4f 100644
--- a/nx.json
+++ b/nx.json
@@ -80,13 +80,9 @@
           "config",
           "tsc",
           "typedoc",
-          "version",
-          "deploy",
-          "npm",
-          "github",
-          "updatePackageJson"
+          "version"
         ],
-        "useDaemonProcess": false,
+        "useDaemonProcess": true,
         "accessToken": "NzU3MWE3MjgtOWRiZi00ZDczLWI4YWYtMDI5NThmNTRkNDc1fHJlYWQtd3JpdGU="
       }
     }
diff --git a/scripts/update-package-json-sdk.js b/scripts/update-package-json-sdk.js
index 0b1c5ef06..a95de4b3a 100755
--- a/scripts/update-package-json-sdk.js
+++ b/scripts/update-package-json-sdk.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
 const path = require('path');
 const { readFileSync, writeFileSync } = require('fs');