diff --git a/.github/scripts/extract-version.sh b/.github/scripts/extract-version.sh
index 5f6507bd..39cbeceb 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/extract-version.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/extract-version.sh
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ if [ -z "$VERSION_LINE" ]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-# Extract just the semantic version (before the + or -)
-VERSION=$(echo "$VERSION_LINE" | sed 's/version: *//' | sed 's/[+\-].*//' | tr -d ' ')
+# Extract full version including suffix/build number
+VERSION=$(echo "$VERSION_LINE" | sed 's/version: *//' | tr -d ' ')
 
-# Validate version format
-if ! [[ "$VERSION" =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+# Validate version format (X.Y.Z with optional +build or -suffix)
+if ! [[ "$VERSION" =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+([-+][a-zA-Z0-9]+)?$ ]]; then
   echo "❌ Error: Invalid version format in pubspec.yaml: $VERSION" >&2
-  echo "Expected format: X.Y.Z (e.g., 0.1.0)" >&2
+  echo "Expected format: X.Y.Z, X.Y.Z+build, or X.Y.Z-suffix (e.g., 0.1.0, 0.1.0+12, 0.1.0-m3)" >&2
   exit 1
 fi
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/product-release.yml b/.github/workflows/product-release.yml
index f3f3930c..a437cf28 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/product-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/product-release.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           
-      - name: � Make scripts executable
+      - name: 🏃🏾‍♂️ Make scripts executable
         run: |
           chmod +x .github/scripts/*.sh
           echo "✅ Scripts are now executable"
@@ -165,8 +165,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: '20'
-          cache: 'npm'
-          cache-dependency-path: 'backend/*/package-lock.json'
           
       - name: 🔥 Install Firebase CLI
         run: |