diff --git a/.github/workflows/nodejs.yml b/.github/workflows/nodejs.yml
index ca02190..7fbecf5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nodejs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nodejs.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ jobs:
     uses: node-modules/github-actions/.github/workflows/node-test.yml@master
     with:
       os: 'ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest'
-      version: '16, 18.19.0, 18, 20, 22'
+      version: '16, 18.19.0, 18, 20, 22, 24'
     secrets:
       CODECOV_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 3263c70..e987fda 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -3,10 +3,16 @@ on:
   push:
     branches: [ master ]
 
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  deployments: write
+  issues: write
+  pull-requests: write
+  id-token: write
+
 jobs:
   release:
-    name: Node.js
-    uses: node-modules/github-actions/.github/workflows/node-release.yml@master
+    name: NPM Release
+    uses: node-modules/github-actions/.github/workflows/npm-release.yml@master
     secrets:
-      NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
       GIT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GIT_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index f58101d..2174d83 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { debuglog } from 'node:util';
 import { isMainThread, parentPort } from 'node:worker_threads';
 import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
+import cluster from 'node:cluster';
 
 const debug = debuglog('sendmessage');
 
@@ -54,11 +55,26 @@ export default function sendmessage(child: ChildProcessOrWorker, message: unknow
   }
 
   // cluster.fork(): child.process is process
+  if (child.process?.connected) {
+    debug('child is cluster.fork() process, send: %j', message);
+    return child.send!(message);
+  }
+
   // childprocess.fork(): child is process
-  const connected = child.process ? child.process.connected : child.connected;
+  if (child.connected) {
+    debug('child.connected: %s, cluster.isWorker: %s', child.connected, cluster.isWorker);
+    if (cluster.isWorker) {
+      debug('child is cluster.fork() process, send: %j', message);
+      return child.send!(message);
+    }
 
-  if (connected) {
-    debug('child is process, send: %j', message);
+    if (process.env.VITEST === 'true' && process.env.VITEST_WORKER_ID) {
+      debug('child is vitest worker process, VITEST_WORKER_ID: %s, emit sendmessage-to-self: %j',
+        process.env.VITEST_WORKER_ID, message);
+      // use `sendmessage-to-self` event to send message to self, avoid vitest worker use the `message` event
+      return setImmediate(child.emit.bind(child, 'sendmessage-to-self', message));
+    }
+    debug('child is childprocess.fork() process, send: %j', message);
     return child.send!(message);
   }