diff --git a/.licenses/npm/semver-7.6.3.dep.yml b/.licenses/npm/semver-7.7.0.dep.yml
similarity index 97%
rename from .licenses/npm/semver-7.6.3.dep.yml
rename to .licenses/npm/semver-7.7.0.dep.yml
index c4ee354..af576aa 100644
--- a/.licenses/npm/semver-7.6.3.dep.yml
+++ b/.licenses/npm/semver-7.7.0.dep.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 ---
 name: semver
-version: 7.6.3
+version: 7.7.0
 type: npm
 summary: The semantic version parser used by npm.
-homepage: 
 license: isc
 licenses:
 - sources: LICENSE
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index a9b4304..27ed930 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -8226,7 +8226,7 @@ class SemVer {
 
     if (version instanceof SemVer) {
       if (version.loose === !!options.loose &&
-          version.includePrerelease === !!options.includePrerelease) {
+        version.includePrerelease === !!options.includePrerelease) {
         return version
       } else {
         version = version.version
@@ -8392,6 +8392,19 @@ class SemVer {
   // preminor will bump the version up to the next minor release, and immediately
   // down to pre-release. premajor and prepatch work the same way.
   inc (release, identifier, identifierBase) {
+    if (release.startsWith('pre')) {
+      if (!identifier && identifierBase === false) {
+        throw new Error('invalid increment argument: identifier is empty')
+      }
+      // Avoid an invalid semver results
+      if (identifier) {
+        const match = `-${identifier}`.match(this.options.loose ? re[t.PRERELEASELOOSE] : re[t.PRERELEASE])
+        if (!match || match[1] !== identifier) {
+          throw new Error(`invalid identifier: ${identifier}`)
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
     switch (release) {
       case 'premajor':
         this.prerelease.length = 0
@@ -8422,6 +8435,12 @@ class SemVer {
         }
         this.inc('pre', identifier, identifierBase)
         break
+      case 'release':
+        if (this.prerelease.length === 0) {
+          throw new Error(`version ${this.raw} is not a prerelease`)
+        }
+        this.prerelease.length = 0
+        break
 
       case 'major':
         // If this is a pre-major version, bump up to the same major version.
@@ -8465,10 +8484,6 @@ class SemVer {
       case 'pre': {
         const base = Number(identifierBase) ? 1 : 0
 
-        if (!identifier && identifierBase === false) {
-          throw new Error('invalid increment argument: identifier is empty')
-        }
-
         if (this.prerelease.length === 0) {
           this.prerelease = [base]
         } else {
@@ -8727,20 +8742,13 @@ const diff = (version1, version2) => {
       return 'major'
     }
 
-    // Otherwise it can be determined by checking the high version
-
-    if (highVersion.patch) {
-      // anything higher than a patch bump would result in the wrong version
+    // If the main part has no difference
+    if (lowVersion.compareMain(highVersion) === 0) {
+      if (lowVersion.minor && !lowVersion.patch) {
+        return 'minor'
+      }
       return 'patch'
     }
-
-    if (highVersion.minor) {
-      // anything higher than a minor bump would result in the wrong version
-      return 'minor'
-    }
-
-    // bumping major/minor/patch all have same result
-    return 'major'
   }
 
   // add the `pre` prefix if we are going to a prerelease version
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 58b1a5c..e0184db 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
         "@actions/core": "^1.11.1",
         "@actions/http-client": "^2.2.3",
         "@actions/tool-cache": "^2.0.2",
-        "semver": "^7.6.3"
+        "semver": "^7.7.0"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
         "@actions/io": "^1.1.3",
@@ -5392,9 +5392,10 @@
       "license": "MIT"
     },
     "node_modules/semver": {
-      "version": "7.6.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-7.6.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-oVekP1cKtI+CTDvHWYFUcMtsK/00wmAEfyqKfNdARm8u1wNVhSgaX7A8d4UuIlUI5e84iEwOhs7ZPYRmzU9U6A==",
+      "version": "7.7.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-7.7.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-DrfFnPzblFmNrIZzg5RzHegbiRWg7KMR7btwi2yjHwx06zsUbO5g613sVwEV7FTwmzJu+Io0lJe2GJ3LxqpvBQ==",
+      "license": "ISC",
       "bin": {
         "semver": "bin/semver.js"
       },
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1157931..d63b3d9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     "@actions/core": "^1.11.1",
     "@actions/http-client": "^2.2.3",
     "@actions/tool-cache": "^2.0.2",
-    "semver": "^7.6.3"
+    "semver": "^7.7.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@actions/io": "^1.1.3",