diff --git a/.github/actions/ctcOpen/action.yml b/.github/actions/ctcOpen/action.yml
index 5998771..478d82f 100644
--- a/.github/actions/ctcOpen/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/ctcOpen/action.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ inputs:
   githubTag:
     description: 'The semver tag of the GitHub Release'
     required: false
+  nodeVersion:
+    description: version of node to use.  It's better to specify latest, lts/* or lts/-1 than to hardcode numbers
+    required: false
+    default: lts/*
 
 outputs:
   changeCaseId:
@@ -30,7 +34,7 @@ runs:
 
     - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
       with:
-        node-version: lts/*
+        node-version: ${{ inputs.nodeVersion }}
         cache: npm
 
     - run: npm install -g @salesforce/change-case-management --omit=dev