diff --git a/.licenses/npm/semver-7.7.2.dep.yml b/.licenses/npm/semver-7.7.3.dep.yml
similarity index 98%
rename from .licenses/npm/semver-7.7.2.dep.yml
rename to .licenses/npm/semver-7.7.3.dep.yml
index 41578916..77ae9813 100644
--- a/.licenses/npm/semver-7.7.2.dep.yml
+++ b/.licenses/npm/semver-7.7.3.dep.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 name: semver
-version: 7.7.2
+version: 7.7.3
 type: npm
 summary: The semantic version parser used by npm.
 homepage:
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 56d009f0..03cf4cf4 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -8854,6 +8854,7 @@ const isSatisfiable = (comparators, options) => {
 // already replaced the hyphen ranges
 // turn into a set of JUST comparators.
 const parseComparator = (comp, options) => {
+  comp = comp.replace(re[t.BUILD], '')
   debug('comp', comp, options)
   comp = replaceCarets(comp, options)
   debug('caret', comp)
@@ -9274,11 +9275,25 @@ class SemVer {
       other = new SemVer(other, this.options)
     }
 
-    return (
-      compareIdentifiers(this.major, other.major) ||
-      compareIdentifiers(this.minor, other.minor) ||
-      compareIdentifiers(this.patch, other.patch)
-    )
+    if (this.major < other.major) {
+      return -1
+    }
+    if (this.major > other.major) {
+      return 1
+    }
+    if (this.minor < other.minor) {
+      return -1
+    }
+    if (this.minor > other.minor) {
+      return 1
+    }
+    if (this.patch < other.patch) {
+      return -1
+    }
+    if (this.patch > other.patch) {
+      return 1
+    }
+    return 0
   }
 
   comparePre (other) {
@@ -10179,6 +10194,10 @@ module.exports = debug
 
 const numeric = /^[0-9]+$/
 const compareIdentifiers = (a, b) => {
+  if (typeof a === 'number' && typeof b === 'number') {
+    return a === b ? 0 : a < b ? -1 : 1
+  }
+
   const anum = numeric.test(a)
   const bnum = numeric.test(b)
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 50790882..7ee05723 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
       "dependencies": {
         "@actions/core": "^1.11.1",
         "@actions/tool-cache": "^2.0.2",
-        "semver": "^7.7.2",
+        "semver": "^7.7.3",
         "typed-rest-client": "^2.1.0"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
@@ -9824,10 +9824,9 @@
       "license": "ISC"
     },
     "node_modules/semver": {
-      "version": "7.7.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-7.7.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-RF0Fw+rO5AMf9MAyaRXI4AV0Ulj5lMHqVxxdSgiVbixSCXoEmmX/jk0CuJw4+3SqroYO9VoUh+HcuJivvtJemA==",
-      "license": "ISC",
+      "version": "7.7.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-7.7.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-SdsKMrI9TdgjdweUSR9MweHA4EJ8YxHn8DFaDisvhVlUOe4BF1tLD7GAj0lIqWVl+dPb/rExr0Btby5loQm20Q==",
       "bin": {
         "semver": "bin/semver.js"
       },
@@ -17990,9 +17989,9 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "semver": {
-      "version": "7.7.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-7.7.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-RF0Fw+rO5AMf9MAyaRXI4AV0Ulj5lMHqVxxdSgiVbixSCXoEmmX/jk0CuJw4+3SqroYO9VoUh+HcuJivvtJemA=="
+      "version": "7.7.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-7.7.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-SdsKMrI9TdgjdweUSR9MweHA4EJ8YxHn8DFaDisvhVlUOe4BF1tLD7GAj0lIqWVl+dPb/rExr0Btby5loQm20Q=="
     },
     "set-function-length": {
       "version": "1.2.2",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e6b65072..c7b34783 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@actions/core": "^1.11.1",
     "@actions/tool-cache": "^2.0.2",
-    "semver": "^7.7.2",
+    "semver": "^7.7.3",
     "typed-rest-client": "^2.1.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {