diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 5d7e94e9..3e1fe391 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -3083,9 +3083,9 @@
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     },
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/release-please/-/release-please-7.0.0-candidate.1.tgz",
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/release-please/-/release-please-7.0.0-candidate.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-oBzXTfLPFX8Jxdn12PaKNsn+CYfkfGFMeF7bbnXT8Rle1DcxS0vsK1il41WWacJ5e59TTjHYNkaq9wAthBDGPw==",
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b0e10dac..345dcdc2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
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   "dependencies": {
     "@actions/core": "^1.2.6",
-    "release-please": "^7.0.0-candidate.1"
+    "release-please": "^7.0.0-candidate.2"
   },
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