diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
index 3b983b6..6754648 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN_PUBLISH }}
       - name: Post Coverage Report
-        uses: checkdigit/github-actions/coverage-reporter@coverage-folder-handling-conflict
+        uses: checkdigit/github-actions/coverage-reporter@main
         with:
           coverage-results-folder-pr: 'coverage-pr'
           coverage-results-folder-base: 'coverage'
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 61d508f..896379d 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@checkdigit/github-actions",
-  "version": "2.3.0",
+  "version": "2.4.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@checkdigit/github-actions",
-      "version": "2.3.0",
+      "version": "2.4.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@actions/core": "^1.10.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a62850b..f063ed9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@checkdigit/github-actions",
-  "version": "2.3.0",
+  "version": "2.4.0",
   "description": " Provides supporting operations for github action builds.",
   "author": "Check Digit, LLC",
   "license": "MIT",
diff --git a/src/validate-npm-package/validate-npm-package.spec.ts b/src/validate-npm-package/validate-npm-package.spec.ts
index 3171784..f8568cd 100644
--- a/src/validate-npm-package/validate-npm-package.spec.ts
+++ b/src/validate-npm-package/validate-npm-package.spec.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,17 @@ describe('validate-npm-package', () => {
     await verifyNpmPackage();
   }, 300_000);
 
+  it('successfully verify good beta npm package with the latest standards', async () => {
+    actionsCoreSpy.mockImplementationOnce((name) => {
+      if (name === 'betaPackage') {
+        return '@checkdigit/test-checkdigit@3.4.1-PR.134-31bc';
+      }
+      return '';
+    });
+
+    await verifyNpmPackage();
+  }, 300_000);
+
   // Test uses a bad version of approval package
   // and requires skipLibCheck: false in tsconfig.json
   // we set it manually in validate npm package as
diff --git a/src/validate-npm-package/validate-npm-package.ts b/src/validate-npm-package/validate-npm-package.ts
index 09c49e1..bb8feb2 100644
--- a/src/validate-npm-package/validate-npm-package.ts
+++ b/src/validate-npm-package/validate-npm-package.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ import { addNPMRCFile } from '../publish-beta/publish';
 interface PackageJson {
   name: string;
   version: string;
+  engine?: Record<string, string>;
   devDependencies?: Record<string, string>;
+  overrides?: Record<string, string>;
 }
 
 const exec = util.promisify(childProcess.exec);
@@ -42,18 +44,13 @@ async function generateProject(workFolder: string, packageJson: PackageJson): Pr
     name: 'test',
     version: '0.0.1',
     description: 'test project for validating a target library or service npm package',
-    engines: {
-      node: '>=20.11',
-    },
+    ...(packageJson.engine === undefined ? {} : { engine: packageJson.engine }),
     type: 'module',
     dependencies: {
       [packageJson.name]: packageJson.version,
     },
-    devDependencies: {
-      // including the devDependencies from the target package is necessary for resolving the typing references including but not limited to the types from its service dependencies
-      ...packageJson.devDependencies,
-      '@checkdigit/typescript-config': '^7.0.1',
-    },
+    devDependencies: packageJson.devDependencies,
+    ...(packageJson.overrides === undefined ? {} : { overrides: packageJson.overrides }),
     scripts: {
       compile: 'tsc --noEmit',
     },