diff --git a/.github/workflows/development_hgn-rest-dev.yml b/.github/workflows/development_hgn-rest-dev.yml
index 7d822c869..8c1ca1ecc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/development_hgn-rest-dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/development_hgn-rest-dev.yml
@@ -1,20 +1,6 @@
 # Docs for the Azure Web Apps Deploy action: https://github.com/Azure/webapps-deploy
 # More GitHub Actions for Azure: https://github.com/Azure/actions
 
-# CONFIGURATION
-# For help, go to https://github.com/Azure/Actions
-#
-# 1. Set up the following secrets in your repository:
-#   AZURE_WEBAPP_PUBLISH_PROFILE
-#
-# 2. Change these variables for your configuration:
-
-
-
-        
-# For more information on GitHub Actions for Azure, refer to https://github.com/Azure/Actions
-# For more samples to get started with GitHub Action workflows to deploy to Azure, refer to https://github.com/Azure/actions-workflow-samples
-
 name: Build and deploy Node.js app to Azure Web App - hgn-rest-dev
 
 on:
@@ -23,33 +9,54 @@ on:
       - development
   workflow_dispatch:
 
-env:
-  AZURE_WEBAPP_NAME: hgn-rest-dev     # set this to your application's name
-  AZURE_WEBAPP_PACKAGE_PATH: '.'      # set this to the path to your web app project, defaults to the repository root
-  NODE_VERSION: '14.x'                # set this to the node version to use
-  
 jobs:
-  build-and-deploy:
-    name: Build and Deploy
+  build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Node.js version
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: '14-lts'
+
+      - name: npm install, build, and test
+        run: |
+          npm install
+          npm run build --if-present
+          npm run test --if-present
+
+      - name: Zip artifact for deployment
+        run: zip release.zip ./* -r
+
+      - name: Upload artifact for deployment job
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: node-app
+          path: release.zip
+
+  deploy:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: build
     environment:
       name: 'Production'
       url: ${{ steps.deploy-to-webapp.outputs.webapp-url }}
+    
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@master
-    - name: Use Node.js ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
-      uses: actions/setup-node@v1
-      with:
-        node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
-    - name: npm install, build, and test
-      run: |
-        # Build and test the project, then
-        # deploy to Azure Web App.
-        npm install
-        npm run build --if-present
-    - name: 'Deploy to Azure WebApp'
-      uses: azure/webapps-deploy@v2
-      with: 
-        app-name: ${{ env.AZURE_WEBAPP_NAME }}
-        publish-profile: ${{ secrets.AZUREAPPSERVICE_PUBLISHPROFILE_D3183F132BC14D79A19DC24953125EA4 }}
-        package: ${{ env.AZURE_WEBAPP_PACKAGE_PATH }}
+      - name: Download artifact from build job
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: node-app
+
+      - name: Unzip artifact for deployment
+        run: unzip release.zip
+      
+      - name: 'Deploy to Azure Web App'
+        id: deploy-to-webapp
+        uses: azure/webapps-deploy@v3
+        with:
+          app-name: 'hgn-rest-dev'
+          slot-name: 'Production'
+          package: .
+          publish-profile: ${{ secrets.AZUREAPPSERVICE_PUBLISHPROFILE_37BDFCF15560478F9069CEF1EA105BF0 }}
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