diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 6a15549e..df0299e9 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "7.7.0"
+  ".": "7.7.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b4ddfe57..f80a7622 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [7.7.1](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/compare/v7.7.0...v7.7.1) (2025-02-03)
+### Bug Fixes
+* [`af761c0`](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/commit/af761c05bd53eef83b5e20f8b09360b0e70557dc) [#764](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/pull/764) inc: fully capture prerelease identifier (#764) (@wraithgar)
+
 ## [7.7.0](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/compare/v7.6.3...v7.7.0) (2025-01-29)
 ### Features
 * [`0864b3c`](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/commit/0864b3ce7932667013e0c7c5ec764777d4682883) [#753](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/pull/753) add "release" inc type (#753) (@mbtools)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 405fb66e..c2644547 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "semver",
-  "version": "7.7.0",
+  "version": "7.7.1",
   "description": "The semantic version parser used by npm.",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {