diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index a85cf64..7993555 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -18279,7 +18279,7 @@ const testSet = (set, version, options) => {
 
 const debug = __nccwpck_require__(1159)
 const { MAX_LENGTH, MAX_SAFE_INTEGER } = __nccwpck_require__(5101)
-const { safeRe: re, t } = __nccwpck_require__(5471)
+const { safeRe: re, safeSrc: src, t } = __nccwpck_require__(5471)
 
 const parseOptions = __nccwpck_require__(356)
 const { compareIdentifiers } = __nccwpck_require__(3348)
@@ -18289,7 +18289,7 @@ 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
@@ -18455,6 +18455,20 @@ 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 r = new RegExp(`^${this.options.loose ? src[t.PRERELEASELOOSE] : src[t.PRERELEASE]}$`)
+        const match = `-${identifier}`.match(r)
+        if (!match || match[1] !== identifier) {
+          throw new Error(`invalid identifier: ${identifier}`)
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
     switch (release) {
       case 'premajor':
         this.prerelease.length = 0
@@ -18485,6 +18499,12 @@ 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.
@@ -18528,10 +18548,6 @@ 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 {
@@ -18790,20 +18806,13 @@ 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
@@ -19310,6 +19319,7 @@ exports = module.exports = {}
 const re = exports.re = []
 const safeRe = exports.safeRe = []
 const src = exports.src = []
+const safeSrc = exports.safeSrc = []
 const t = exports.t = {}
 let R = 0
 
@@ -19342,6 +19352,7 @@ const createToken = (name, value, isGlobal) => {
   debug(name, index, value)
   t[name] = index
   src[index] = value
+  safeSrc[index] = safe
   re[index] = new RegExp(value, isGlobal ? 'g' : undefined)
   safeRe[index] = new RegExp(safe, isGlobal ? 'g' : undefined)
 }
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index eea7d37..3f2015e 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
         "@actions/io": "^1.1.3",
         "@actions/tool-cache": "^2.0.2",
         "@hashicorp/js-releases": "^1.7.3",
-        "semver": "^7.6.3"
+        "semver": "^7.7.1"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
         "@vercel/ncc": "^0.38.3",
@@ -5965,9 +5965,10 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/semver": {
-      "version": "7.6.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-7.6.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-oVekP1cKtI+CTDvHWYFUcMtsK/00wmAEfyqKfNdARm8u1wNVhSgaX7A8d4UuIlUI5e84iEwOhs7ZPYRmzU9U6A==",
+      "version": "7.7.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-7.7.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-hlq8tAfn0m/61p4BVRcPzIGr6LKiMwo4VM6dGi6pt4qcRkmNzTcWq6eCEjEh+qXjkMDvPlOFFSGwQjoEa6gyMA==",
+      "license": "ISC",
       "bin": {
         "semver": "bin/semver.js"
       },
@@ -11156,9 +11157,9 @@
       }
     },
     "semver": {
-      "version": "7.6.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-7.6.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-oVekP1cKtI+CTDvHWYFUcMtsK/00wmAEfyqKfNdARm8u1wNVhSgaX7A8d4UuIlUI5e84iEwOhs7ZPYRmzU9U6A=="
+      "version": "7.7.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-7.7.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-hlq8tAfn0m/61p4BVRcPzIGr6LKiMwo4VM6dGi6pt4qcRkmNzTcWq6eCEjEh+qXjkMDvPlOFFSGwQjoEa6gyMA=="
     },
     "shebang-command": {
       "version": "2.0.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 121912b..431bcd6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     "@actions/io": "^1.1.3",
     "@actions/tool-cache": "^2.0.2",
     "@hashicorp/js-releases": "^1.7.3",
-    "semver": "^7.6.3"
+    "semver": "^7.7.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@vercel/ncc": "^0.38.3",