diff --git a/.cspell/code-terms.txt b/.cspell/code-terms.txt
index 8b549f888..5f72ea221 100644
--- a/.cspell/code-terms.txt
+++ b/.cspell/code-terms.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+!viewbox
+# It should be viewBox
 # This file contains coding related terms
 ALPHANUM
 antiscript
diff --git a/.cspell/libraries.txt b/.cspell/libraries.txt
index feee10fd1..4fceed5bb 100644
--- a/.cspell/libraries.txt
+++ b/.cspell/libraries.txt
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ rscratch
 shiki
 Slidev
 sparkline
+speccharts
 sphinxcontrib
 ssim
 stylis
diff --git a/.esbuild/util.ts b/.esbuild/util.ts
index 3a0ec6b41..a3e2ffe55 100644
--- a/.esbuild/util.ts
+++ b/.esbuild/util.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ export const getBuildConfig = (options: MermaidBuildOptions): BuildOptions => {
 
   const external: string[] = ['require', 'fs', 'path'];
   const outFileName = getFileName(name, options);
+  const { dependencies, version } = JSON.parse(
+    readFileSync(resolve(__dirname, `../packages/${packageName}/package.json`), 'utf-8')
+  );
   const output: BuildOptions = buildOptions({
     ...rest,
     absWorkingDir: resolve(__dirname, `../packages/${packageName}`),
@@ -82,15 +85,13 @@ export const getBuildConfig = (options: MermaidBuildOptions): BuildOptions => {
     chunkNames: `chunks/${outFileName}/[name]-[hash]`,
     define: {
       // This needs to be stringified for esbuild
-      includeLargeFeatures: `${includeLargeFeatures}`,
+      'injected.includeLargeFeatures': `${includeLargeFeatures}`,
+      'injected.version': `'${version}'`,
       'import.meta.vitest': 'undefined',
     },
   });
 
   if (core) {
-    const { dependencies } = JSON.parse(
-      readFileSync(resolve(__dirname, `../packages/${packageName}/package.json`), 'utf-8')
-    );
     // Core build is used to generate file without bundled dependencies.
     // This is used by downstream projects to bundle dependencies themselves.
     // Ignore dependencies and any dependencies of dependencies
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 7dbf85d94..ece84ac20 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -42,5 +42,4 @@ jobs:
           publish: pnpm changeset:publish
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
           NPM_CONFIG_PROVENANCE: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate-lockfile.yml b/.github/workflows/validate-lockfile.yml
index 119f43180..dcfb255b6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate-lockfile.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate-lockfile.yml
@@ -18,13 +18,6 @@ jobs:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
           repository: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}
 
-      - name: Set up Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version: 20
-
-      - uses: pnpm/action-setup@a7487c7e89a18df4991f7f222e4898a00d66ddda # v4.1.0
-
       - name: Validate pnpm-lock.yaml entries
         id: validate # give this step an ID so we can reference its outputs
         run: |
diff --git a/.vite/build.ts b/.vite/build.ts
index 480dd6b30..d59f0fac3 100644
--- a/.vite/build.ts
+++ b/.vite/build.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ export const getBuildConfig = ({ minify, core, watch, entryName }: BuildOptions)
     },
     define: {
       'import.meta.vitest': 'undefined',
+      'injected.includeLargeFeatures': 'true',
+      'injected.version': `'0.0.0'`,
     },
     resolve: {
       extensions: [],
@@ -94,10 +96,6 @@ export const getBuildConfig = ({ minify, core, watch, entryName }: BuildOptions)
       }),
       ...visualizerOptions(packageName, core),
     ],
-    define: {
-      // Needs to be string
-      includeLargeFeatures: 'true',
-    },
   };
 
   if (watch && config.build) {
diff --git a/cypress/helpers/util.ts b/cypress/helpers/util.ts
index d02e9da87..0332178f6 100644
--- a/cypress/helpers/util.ts
+++ b/cypress/helpers/util.ts
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ export const openURLAndVerifyRendering = (
   cy.visit(url);
   cy.window().should('have.property', 'rendered', true);
   cy.get('svg').should('be.visible');
+  // cspell:ignore viewbox
   cy.get('svg').should('not.have.attr', 'viewbox');
 
   if (validation) {
diff --git a/docs/ecosystem/integrations-community.md b/docs/ecosystem/integrations-community.md
index 6bc16e3e2..4cb73eb67 100644
--- a/docs/ecosystem/integrations-community.md
+++ b/docs/ecosystem/integrations-community.md
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ To add an integration to this list, see the [Integrations - create page](./integ
   - [GitHub Writer](https://github.com/ckeditor/github-writer)
   - [SVG diagram generator](https://github.com/SimonKenyonShepard/mermaidjs-github-svg-generator)
 - [GitLab](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/markdown.html#diagrams-and-flowcharts) ✅
+- [GNU Octave](https://octave.org/) ✅
+  - [octave_mermaid_js](https://github.com/CNOCTAVE/octave_mermaid_js) ✅
 - [Mermaid Plugin for JetBrains IDEs](https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/20146-mermaid)
 - [MonsterWriter](https://www.monsterwriter.com/) ✅
 - [Joplin](https://joplinapp.org) ✅
@@ -272,6 +274,7 @@ Communication tools and platforms
   - [reveal.js-mermaid-plugin](https://github.com/ludwick/reveal.js-mermaid-plugin)
 - [Reveal CK](https://github.com/jedcn/reveal-ck)
   - [reveal-ck-mermaid-plugin](https://github.com/tmtm/reveal-ck-mermaid-plugin)
+- [speccharts: Turn your test suites into specification diagrams](https://github.com/arnaudrenaud/speccharts)
 - [Vitepress Plugin](https://github.com/sametcn99/vitepress-mermaid-renderer)
 
 <!--- cspell:ignore Blazorade HueHive --->
diff --git a/packages/mermaid-layout-elk/package.json b/packages/mermaid-layout-elk/package.json
index 91c1ae81f..e47d64edf 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid-layout-elk/package.json
+++ b/packages/mermaid-layout-elk/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
     "elk",
     "mermaid"
   ],
-  "scripts": {},
+  "scripts": {
+    "clean": "rimraf dist"
+  },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid"
diff --git a/packages/mermaid-layout-tidy-tree/package.json b/packages/mermaid-layout-tidy-tree/package.json
index bdc15869f..2abaaa211 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid-layout-tidy-tree/package.json
+++ b/packages/mermaid-layout-tidy-tree/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@
     "mermaid",
     "layout"
   ],
-  "scripts": {},
+  "scripts": {
+    "clean": "rimraf dist"
+  },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid"
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagram-api/diagram-orchestration.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/diagram-api/diagram-orchestration.ts
index 97b9852ff..fa90e1df9 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagram-api/diagram-orchestration.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagram-api/diagram-orchestration.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ export const addDiagrams = () => {
     }
   );
 
-  if (includeLargeFeatures) {
+  if (injected.includeLargeFeatures) {
     registerLazyLoadedDiagrams(flowchartElk, mindmap, architecture);
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/common/common.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/common/common.ts
index 045a729f7..444c9e930 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/common/common.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/common/common.ts
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ const renderKatexUnsanitized = async (text: string, config: MermaidConfig): Prom
     return text.replace(katexRegex, 'MathML is unsupported in this environment.');
   }
 
-  if (includeLargeFeatures) {
+  if (injected.includeLargeFeatures) {
     const { default: katex } = await import('katex');
     const outputMode =
       config.forceLegacyMathML || (!isMathMLSupported() && config.legacyMathML)
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/info/infoDb.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/info/infoDb.ts
index 169ceaf27..4c1a6778c 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/info/infoDb.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/info/infoDb.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import type { InfoFields, InfoDB } from './infoTypes.js';
-import packageJson from '../../../package.json' assert { type: 'json' };
 
 export const DEFAULT_INFO_DB: InfoFields = {
-  version: packageJson.version + (includeLargeFeatures ? '' : '-tiny'),
+  version: injected.version + (injected.includeLargeFeatures ? '' : '-tiny'),
 } as const;
 
 export const getVersion = (): string => DEFAULT_INFO_DB.version;
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/docs/.vitepress/config.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/docs/.vitepress/config.ts
index 066fde693..55bed31da 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/docs/.vitepress/config.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/docs/.vitepress/config.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { MarkdownOptions } from 'vitepress';
 import { defineConfig } from 'vitepress';
-import packageJson from '../../../package.json' assert { type: 'json' };
+import packageJson from '../../../package.json' with { type: 'json' };
 import { addCanonicalUrls } from './canonical-urls.js';
 import MermaidExample from './mermaid-markdown-all.js';
 
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/docs/ecosystem/integrations-community.md b/packages/mermaid/src/docs/ecosystem/integrations-community.md
index a4a68e6ab..9ac390367 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/docs/ecosystem/integrations-community.md
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/docs/ecosystem/integrations-community.md
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ To add an integration to this list, see the [Integrations - create page](./integ
   - [GitHub Writer](https://github.com/ckeditor/github-writer)
   - [SVG diagram generator](https://github.com/SimonKenyonShepard/mermaidjs-github-svg-generator)
 - [GitLab](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/markdown.html#diagrams-and-flowcharts) ✅
+- [GNU Octave](https://octave.org/) ✅
+  - [octave_mermaid_js](https://github.com/CNOCTAVE/octave_mermaid_js) ✅
 - [Mermaid Plugin for JetBrains IDEs](https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/20146-mermaid)
 - [MonsterWriter](https://www.monsterwriter.com/) ✅
 - [Joplin](https://joplinapp.org) ✅
@@ -267,6 +269,7 @@ Communication tools and platforms
   - [reveal.js-mermaid-plugin](https://github.com/ludwick/reveal.js-mermaid-plugin)
 - [Reveal CK](https://github.com/jedcn/reveal-ck)
   - [reveal-ck-mermaid-plugin](https://github.com/tmtm/reveal-ck-mermaid-plugin)
+- [speccharts: Turn your test suites into specification diagrams](https://github.com/arnaudrenaud/speccharts)
 - [Vitepress Plugin](https://github.com/sametcn99/vitepress-mermaid-renderer)
 
 <!--- cspell:ignore Blazorade HueHive --->
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.ts
index cf08d02f8..80deda740 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import { select } from 'd3';
 import { compile, serialize, stringify } from 'stylis';
 import DOMPurify from 'dompurify';
 import isEmpty from 'lodash-es/isEmpty.js';
-import packageJson from '../package.json' assert { type: 'json' };
 import { addSVGa11yTitleDescription, setA11yDiagramInfo } from './accessibility.js';
 import assignWithDepth from './assignWithDepth.js';
 import * as configApi from './config.js';
@@ -421,12 +420,12 @@ const render = async function (
   // -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   // Draw the diagram with the renderer
   try {
-    await diag.renderer.draw(text, id, packageJson.version, diag);
+    await diag.renderer.draw(text, id, injected.version, diag);
   } catch (e) {
     if (config.suppressErrorRendering) {
       removeTempElements();
     } else {
-      errorRenderer.draw(text, id, packageJson.version);
+      errorRenderer.draw(text, id, injected.version);
     }
     throw e;
   }
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/render.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/render.ts
index aa4bceca3..c14af2391 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/render.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/rendering-util/render.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ const registerDefaultLayoutLoaders = () => {
       name: 'dagre',
       loader: async () => await import('./layout-algorithms/dagre/index.js'),
     },
-    ...(includeLargeFeatures
+    ...(injected.includeLargeFeatures
       ? [
           {
             name: 'cose-bilkent',
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/type.d.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/type.d.ts
index 0c88e4866..515c774b4 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/type.d.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/type.d.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 // eslint-disable-next-line no-var
-declare var includeLargeFeatures: boolean;
+declare var injected: {
+  version: string;
+  includeLargeFeatures: boolean;
+};
diff --git a/vite.config.ts b/vite.config.ts
index c4738458e..f86711e9a 100644
--- a/vite.config.ts
+++ b/vite.config.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ export default defineConfig({
   },
   define: {
     // Needs to be string
-    includeLargeFeatures: 'true',
+    'injected.includeLargeFeatures': 'true',
     'import.meta.vitest': 'undefined',
+    packageVersion: "'0.0.0'",
   },
 });