chore(deps): bump googleapis/release-please-action from 4.4.0 to 4.4.1 (#540)

Bumps
[googleapis/release-please-action](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please-action)
from 4.4.0 to 4.4.1.
<details>
<summary>Release notes</summary>
<p><em>Sourced from <a
href="https://github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/releases">googleapis/release-please-action's
releases</a>.</em></p>
<blockquote>
<h2>v4.4.1</h2>
<h2><a
href="https://github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/compare/v4.4.0...v4.4.1">4.4.1</a>
(2026-02-20)</h2>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>bump release-please from 17.1.3 to 17.3.0 (<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/issues/1183">#1183</a>)
(<a
href="ef9c2745db">ef9c274</a>)</li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
</details>
<details>
<summary>Changelog</summary>
<p><em>Sourced from <a
href="https://github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md">googleapis/release-please-action's
changelog</a>.</em></p>
<blockquote>
<h1>Changelog</h1>
<h2><a
href="https://github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/compare/v4.4.0...v4.4.1">4.4.1</a>
(2026-02-20)</h2>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>bump release-please from 17.1.3 to 17.3.0 (<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/issues/1183">#1183</a>)
(<a
href="ef9c2745db">ef9c274</a>)</li>
</ul>
<h2><a
href="https://github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/compare/v4.3.0...v4.4.0">4.4.0</a>
(2025-10-09)</h2>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>add ability to select versioning-strategy and release-as (<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/issues/1121">#1121</a>)
(<a
href="ee0f5bae45">ee0f5ba</a>)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li><code>changelog-host</code> parameter ignored when using manifest
configuration (<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/issues/1151">#1151</a>)
(<a
href="535c4130c1">535c413</a>)</li>
<li>bump mocha from 11.7.1 to 11.7.2 in the npm_and_yarn group across 1
directory (<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/issues/1149">#1149</a>)
(<a
href="3612a99d75">3612a99</a>)</li>
<li>bump release-please from 17.1.2 to 17.1.3 (<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/issues/1158">#1158</a>)
(<a
href="66fbfe9439">66fbfe9</a>)</li>
</ul>
<h2><a
href="https://github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/compare/v4.2.0...v4.3.0">4.3.0</a>
(2025-08-20)</h2>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>deps:</strong> update release-please to 17.1.2 (<a
href="f07192c046">f07192c</a>)</li>
</ul>
<h2><a
href="https://github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/compare/v4.1.5...v4.2.0">4.2.0</a>
(2025-03-07)</h2>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>support for skip-labeling parameter for GitHub action (<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/issues/1066">#1066</a>)
(<a
href="fb7f385da2">fb7f385</a>)</li>
</ul>
<h2><a
href="https://github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/compare/v4.1.4...v4.1.5">4.1.5</a>
(2025-02-27)</h2>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>deps:</strong> update release-please to 16.18.0 (<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/issues/1083">#1083</a>)
(<a
href="aeb7f8d384">aeb7f8d</a>)</li>
</ul>
<h2><a
href="https://github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/compare/v4.1.3...v4.1.4">4.1.4</a>
(2024-10-02)</h2>
<h3>Bug Fixes</h3>
<ul>
<li>bump braces from 3.0.2 to 3.0.3 in the npm_and_yarn group (<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/issues/1015">#1015</a>)
(<a
href="5ec1cbd9cb">5ec1cbd</a>)</li>
</ul>
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</blockquote>
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</details>
<details>
<summary>Commits</summary>
<ul>
<li><a
href="5c625bfb5d"><code>5c625bf</code></a>
chore(main): release 4.4.1 (<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/issues/1187">#1187</a>)</li>
<li><a
href="8bb7a2ed0f"><code>8bb7a2e</code></a>
chore: build dist (<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/issues/1186">#1186</a>)</li>
<li><a
href="ef9c2745db"><code>ef9c274</code></a>
fix: bump release-please from 17.1.3 to 17.3.0 (<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/issues/1183">#1183</a>)</li>
<li><a
href="64d83e95d8"><code>64d83e9</code></a>
docs(README): add missing action inputs + package options (<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/issues/1176">#1176</a>)</li>
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href="16a9c90856...5c625bfb5d">compare
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.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
           app-id: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLZ_APP_ID }}
           # GitHub App private key secret name
           private-key: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLZ_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@16a9c90856f42705d54a6fda1823352bdc62cf38
+      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@5c625bfb5d1ff62eadeeb3772007f7f66fdcf071
         id: release
         with:
           token: ${{ steps.generate-token.outputs.token }}