diff --git a/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines-osx.yml b/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines-osx.yml
index d08eed2c..25d96290 100755
--- a/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines-osx.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines/azure-pipelines-osx.yml
@@ -5,15 +5,17 @@
 jobs:
 - job: osx
   pool:
-    vmImage: macOS-15
+    vmImage: $(VMIMAGE)
   strategy:
     matrix:
       osx_64_:
         CONFIG: osx_64_
         UPLOAD_PACKAGES: 'True'
+        VMIMAGE: macOS-15
       osx_arm64_:
         CONFIG: osx_arm64_
         UPLOAD_PACKAGES: 'True'
+        VMIMAGE: macOS-15-arm64
   timeoutInMinutes: 360
   variables: {}
 
diff --git a/.ci_support/osx_64_.yaml b/.ci_support/osx_64_.yaml
index 7be6b4bc..c9cc8747 100644
--- a/.ci_support/osx_64_.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/osx_64_.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET:
-- '10.15'
+- '11.0'
 MACOSX_SDK_VERSION:
 - '11.0'
 brotli:
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ c_compiler_version:
 c_stdlib:
 - macosx_deployment_target
 c_stdlib_version:
-- '10.15'
+- '11.0'
 channel_sources:
 - conda-forge
 channel_targets:
diff --git a/.ci_support/win_64_.yaml b/.ci_support/win_64_.yaml
index e78107fe..e7173480 100644
--- a/.ci_support/win_64_.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/win_64_.yaml
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
-c_compiler:
-- vs2022
-c_stdlib:
-- vs
 channel_sources:
 - conda-forge
 channel_targets:
 - conda-forge main
-cxx_compiler:
-- vs2022
 target_platform:
 - win-64
diff --git a/.ci_support/win_arm64_.yaml b/.ci_support/win_arm64_.yaml
index 4f9e56b4..df64257d 100644
--- a/.ci_support/win_arm64_.yaml
+++ b/.ci_support/win_arm64_.yaml
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
-c_compiler:
-- vs2022
-c_stdlib:
-- vs
 channel_sources:
 - conda-forge
 channel_targets:
 - conda-forge main
-cxx_compiler:
-- vs2022
 target_platform:
 - win-arm64
diff --git a/.github/workflows/conda-build.yml b/.github/workflows/conda-build.yml
index a48bdf43..372424df 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/conda-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/conda-build.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 360
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
+      max-parallel: 50
       matrix:
         include:
           - CONFIG: linux_64_
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
 
     - name: Checkout code
-      uses: actions/checkout@0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b # v4.1.4
+      uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
 
     - name: Build on Linux
       id: build-linux
diff --git a/.scripts/build_steps.sh b/.scripts/build_steps.sh
index 6831a529..c6ce2546 100755
--- a/.scripts/build_steps.sh
+++ b/.scripts/build_steps.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
 export RECIPE_ROOT="${RECIPE_ROOT:-/home/conda/recipe_root}"
 export CI_SUPPORT="${FEEDSTOCK_ROOT}/.ci_support"
 export CONFIG_FILE="${CI_SUPPORT}/${CONFIG}.yaml"
+export RATTLER_CACHE_DIR="${FEEDSTOCK_ROOT}/build_artifacts/pkg_cache"
 
 cat >~/.condarc <<CONDARC
 
diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt
index 2ec51d75..c5aa738f 100644
--- a/LICENSE.txt
+++ b/LICENSE.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 BSD-3-Clause license
-Copyright (c) 2015-2022, conda-forge contributors
-All rights reserved.
+Copyright (c) 2015-2026, conda-forge contributors
 
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
diff --git a/build-locally.py b/build-locally.py
index 9dfe4403..05493e4d 100755
--- a/build-locally.py
+++ b/build-locally.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 """exec" "python3" "$0" "$@" #"""  # fmt: off # fmt: on
+
 #
 # This file has been generated by conda-smithy in order to build the recipe
 # locally.
@@ -27,13 +28,6 @@ def setup_environment(ns):
             os.path.dirname(__file__), "miniforge3"
         )
 
-    # The default cache location might not be writable using docker on macOS.
-    if ns.config.startswith("linux") and platform.system() == "Darwin":
-        os.environ["CONDA_FORGE_DOCKER_RUN_ARGS"] = (
-            os.environ.get("CONDA_FORGE_DOCKER_RUN_ARGS", "")
-            + " -e RATTLER_CACHE_DIR=/tmp/rattler_cache"
-        )
-
 
 def run_docker_build(ns):
     script = ".scripts/run_docker_build.sh"
diff --git a/pixi.toml b/pixi.toml
index a7eb9ec9..ec675b0e 100644
--- a/pixi.toml
+++ b/pixi.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 [workspace]
 name = "nodejs-feedstock"
-version = "3.54.2"  # conda-smithy version used to generate this file
+version = "3.56.2"  # conda-smithy version used to generate this file
 description = "Pixi configuration for conda-forge/nodejs-feedstock"
 authors = ["@conda-forge/nodejs"]
 channels = ["conda-forge"]
diff --git a/recipe/conda_build_config.yaml b/recipe/conda_build_config.yaml
index 6bcffd82..fff397e7 100644
--- a/recipe/conda_build_config.yaml
+++ b/recipe/conda_build_config.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
-c_stdlib_version:                                   # [(osx and x86_64) or linux]
-  - '10.15'                                         # [osx and x86_64]
+c_stdlib_version:                                   # [linux]
   - "2.28"                                          # [linux]
 github_actions_labels:       # [linux]
 - cirun-openstack-cpu-large  # [linux]
-MACOSX_SDK_VERSION:  # [osx and x86_64]
-  - "11.0"           # [osx and x86_64]
 
 # void creating spurious jobs due to multiple global pins for the package we're building here
 nodejs:
diff --git a/recipe/recipe.yaml b/recipe/recipe.yaml
index 15d2caa0..39f5df75 100644
--- a/recipe/recipe.yaml
+++ b/recipe/recipe.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 schema_version: 1
 
 context:
-  version: "25.7.0"
+  version: "25.8.1"
   # NODE_MODULE_VERSION set in src/node_version.h
   NODE_MODULE_VERSION: 141
 
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ source:
   - if: unix
     then:
       url: https://nodejs.org/dist/v${{ version }}/node-v${{ version }}.tar.gz
-      sha256: 2a36edd1c8cc4d275464ff873a199937c8237c13f6943db5f7879f8a83ceddbe
+      sha256: e7dd99bb71ed406d2604180f14d6ee5789fbaf48f5cff9bae72bdb32c8df7457
       patches:
         - patches/0001-stop-removing-librt.patch
         - patches/0002-include-obj-name-in-shared-intermediate.patch
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ source:
   - if: target_platform == "win-64"
     then:
       url: https://nodejs.org/dist/v${{ version }}/node-v${{ version }}-win-x64.zip
-      sha256: 4a66eac416c30474fe9c3f0ef7d4ffc85a8797cbc35f6b8566dfbce02789a9c4
+      sha256: 09a5a0dbb2f4cefa800880012810e2dfaac0016a62e75f064c4ab7f3606b2d78
   - if: target_platform == "win-arm64"
     then:
       url: https://nodejs.org/dist/v${{ version }}/node-v${{ version }}-win-arm64.zip
-      sha256: 8b824eb15ae95d24bd082cee9637f74d5850ba5c8649bd65c5f108e360835f1e
+      sha256: 0c5be793a169db0812f8549b367fc1591bd3e4c401a5c700dd8b8b2cc2e74c5e
 
 build:
   number: 0