chore: release 7.7.4 (#839)

🤖 I have created a release *beep* *boop*
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## [7.7.4](v7.7.3...v7.7.4)
(2026-01-16)
### Bug Fixes
*
[`a29faa5`](a29faa5)
[#835](#835) cli: pass options to
semver.valid() for loose version validation (#835) (@mldangelo)
### Documentation
*
[`1d28d5e`](1d28d5e)
[#836](#836) fix typos and update
-n CLI option documentation (#836) (@mldangelo)
### Dependencies
*
[`120968b`](120968b)
[#840](#840)
`@npmcli/template-oss@4.29.0` (#840)
### Chores
*
[`44d7130`](44d7130)
[#824](#824) bump
@npmcli/eslint-config from 5.1.0 to 6.0.0 (#824) (@dependabot[bot])
*
[`7073576`](7073576)
[#820](#820) reorder parameters
in invalid-versions.js test (#820) (@reggi)
*
[`5816d4c`](5816d4c)
[#829](#829) bump
@npmcli/template-oss from 4.28.0 to 4.28.1 (#829) (@dependabot[bot],
@npm-cli-bot)

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.release-please-manifest.json

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "7.7.3"
+  ".": "7.7.4"
 }

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [7.7.4](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/compare/v7.7.3...v7.7.4) (2026-01-16)
+### Bug Fixes
+* [`a29faa5`](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/commit/a29faa5f3309a01c8e5aeb965fb5c02c4c4e80e2) [#835](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/pull/835) cli: pass options to semver.valid() for loose version validation (#835) (@mldangelo)
+### Documentation
+* [`1d28d5e`](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/commit/1d28d5e82de16163daf721a7c76fff93e0d333ab) [#836](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/pull/836) fix typos and update -n CLI option documentation (#836) (@mldangelo)
+### Dependencies
+* [`120968b`](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/commit/120968b76760cb0db85a72bde2adedd0e9628793) [#840](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/pull/840) `@npmcli/template-oss@4.29.0` (#840)
+### Chores
+* [`44d7130`](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/commit/44d7130c60cedd3703048aa671bb1d659b79ab07) [#824](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/pull/824) bump @npmcli/eslint-config from 5.1.0 to 6.0.0 (#824) (@dependabot[bot])
+* [`7073576`](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/commit/70735767b68a1775eb67ac816b183b4a422101f4) [#820](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/pull/820) reorder parameters in invalid-versions.js test (#820) (@reggi)
+* [`5816d4c`](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/commit/5816d4cfd6d85169527a2bc22fbd5bf4c64f34e3) [#829](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/pull/829) bump @npmcli/template-oss from 4.28.0 to 4.28.1 (#829) (@dependabot[bot], @npm-cli-bot)
+
 ## [7.7.3](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/compare/v7.7.2...v7.7.3) (2025-10-06)
 ### Bug Fixes
 * [`e37e0ca`](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/commit/e37e0ca0b5fc910d2b1948d25dbc83cc3a0921ea) [#813](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/pull/813) faster paths for compare (#813) (@H4ad)

package.json

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 {
   "name": "semver",
-  "version": "7.7.3",
+  "version": "7.7.4",
   "description": "The semantic version parser used by npm.",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {