diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index df0299e9..3066f524 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "7.7.1"
+  ".": "7.7.2"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f80a7622..90d1cd1e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [7.7.2](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/compare/v7.7.1...v7.7.2) (2025-05-12)
+### Bug Fixes
+* [`fcafb61`](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/commit/fcafb61ed566ff8ccf24818dd94b76738f037aa4) [#780](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/pull/780) add missing `'use strict'` directives (#780) (@Fdawgs)
+* [`c99f336`](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/commit/c99f336fa3bdff465652f9041eab2127d2f52eb2) [#781](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/pull/781) prerelease identifier starting with digits (#781) (@mbtools)
+### Chores
+* [`c760403`](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/commit/c760403b935d3ad35f83e9bbe5ebe1badef2fc71) [#784](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/pull/784) template-oss-apply for workflow permissions (#784) (@wraithgar)
+* [`2677f2a`](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/commit/2677f2a88334b0e728dbfe9ad9f5f57458437c87) [#778](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/pull/778) bump @npmcli/template-oss from 4.23.6 to 4.24.3 (#778) (@dependabot[bot], @npm-cli-bot)
+
 ## [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)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9d9db216..1fbef5a9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "semver",
-  "version": "7.7.1",
+  "version": "7.7.2",
   "description": "The semantic version parser used by npm.",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {