ci: installing the latest npm 8 in most environmnets

.github/workflows/nodejs.yml

@@ -11,13 +11,9 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        # node 16.14.2 ships with a buggy version of npm 🤷‍♂️
-        # https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/42397
-        # TODO revert this back to 16.x when node pushes a new version
         node-version:
-          - 12
           - 14
-          - 16.14.0
+          - 16
           - 18
 
     steps:
@@ -26,5 +22,11 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
 
+      # Node 14 still ships with npm@6 so for compatibility reasons we're upping
+      # this to match everything else.
+      - name: Install npm@8
+        if: matrix.node-version == '14'
+        run: npm install -g npm@8
+
       - run: npm ci
       - run: npm test