diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 40dd6b7..bb4968e 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
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       },
       "devDependencies": {
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@@ -5128,9 +5128,9 @@
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/release-please/-/release-please-17.5.1.tgz",
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@@ -5148,7 +5148,7 @@
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-        "diff": "^7.0.0",
+        "diff": "^8.0.3",
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         "https-proxy-agent": "^7.0.0",
@@ -5169,7 +5169,7 @@
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       },
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-        "node": ">=18.0.0"
+        "node": ">=20.0.0"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/release-please/node_modules/cliui": {
@@ -5186,9 +5186,10 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/diff/-/diff-7.0.0.tgz",
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/diff/-/diff-8.0.4.tgz",
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+      "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
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       }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dec5334..ad9a598 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
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     "@actions/core": "^1.10.0",
-    "release-please": "^17.1.3"
+    "release-please": "^17.5.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/mocha": "^9.0.0",