chore(deps): bump googleapis/release-please-action from 4.3.0 to 4.4.0 (#4844)

Bumps
[googleapis/release-please-action](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please-action)
from 4.3.0 to 4.4.0.
<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>v4.4.0</h2>
<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="https://github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/commit/ee0f5bae453367755be0c4340193531b3f538374">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="https://github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/commit/535c4130c1030110bdacd1b3076f98c046c3a227">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="https://github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/commit/3612a99d75bd7a010bb03d6e2ee3e2392b7392fb">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="https://github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/commit/66fbfe9439cb7a3660ecdc00d42573ef0bd00764">66fbfe9</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/v4.3.0...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="https://github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/commit/ee0f5bae453367755be0c4340193531b3f538374">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="https://github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/commit/535c4130c1030110bdacd1b3076f98c046c3a227">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="https://github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/commit/3612a99d75bd7a010bb03d6e2ee3e2392b7392fb">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="https://github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/commit/66fbfe9439cb7a3660ecdc00d42573ef0bd00764">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="https://github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/commit/f07192c046b10acd083f4665a3d8b6350526f9df">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="https://github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/commit/fb7f385da2046f35c544011bc27c9f809122ad2c">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="https://github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/commit/aeb7f8d38402d856532f7c879373d8116956b1c8">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="https://github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/commit/5ec1cbd9cb73c9d06637313bec5e3d6788e6a5f1">5ec1cbd</a>)</li>
<li>bump release-please from 16.12.0 to 16.13.0 (<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/issues/1030">#1030</a>)
(<a
href="https://github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/commit/caa04646d19fbb163bb853d276be1877fd092e90">caa0464</a>)</li>
<li>bump release-please from 16.13.0 to 16.14.0 (<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/issues/1032">#1032</a>)
(<a
href="https://github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/commit/b2a986c7e2f041e21005c546b2e03e9722e45bad">b2a986c</a>)</li>
<li><strong>deps:</strong> update release-please to 16.14.1 (<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/issues/1036">#1036</a>)
(<a
href="https://github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/commit/2942e515c92f10850cc891e4900fb50eb62eba74">2942e51</a>)</li>
</ul>
<h2><a
href="https://github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/compare/v4.1.2...v4.1.3">4.1.3</a>
(2024-06-10)</h2>
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</details>
<details>
<summary>Commits</summary>
<ul>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/commit/16a9c90856f42705d54a6fda1823352bdc62cf38"><code>16a9c90</code></a>
chore(main): release 4.4.0 (<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/issues/1156">#1156</a>)</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/commit/e5c2aa4f6acd6194e00632c8f262cff67ae17873"><code>e5c2aa4</code></a>
chore: build dist (<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/issues/1159">#1159</a>)</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/commit/66fbfe9439cb7a3660ecdc00d42573ef0bd00764"><code>66fbfe9</code></a>
fix: 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>)</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/commit/4cd397a333e5500c1683589c277f56a3c10990e6"><code>4cd397a</code></a>
chore: build dist (<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/issues/1152">#1152</a>)</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/commit/ee0f5bae453367755be0c4340193531b3f538374"><code>ee0f5ba</code></a>
feat: add ability to select versioning-strategy and release-as (<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/issues/1121">#1121</a>)</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/commit/535c4130c1030110bdacd1b3076f98c046c3a227"><code>535c413</code></a>
fix: <code>changelog-host</code> parameter ignored when using manifest
configuration (<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/issues/1">#1</a>...</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/commit/3612a99d75bd7a010bb03d6e2ee3e2392b7392fb"><code>3612a99</code></a>
fix: bump mocha from 11.7.1 to 11.7.2 in the npm_and_yarn group across 1
dire...</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/commit/15209c45fcfd128badf82abd8b1c25c1c5726a05"><code>15209c4</code></a>
chore: verify body contents when running tests (<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/issues/1148">#1148</a>)</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/commit/bf9034945a62263b06cccfb6549caf19f049b589"><code>bf90349</code></a>
docs: Add <code>body</code> to Outputs (<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/issues/1129">#1129</a>)</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/commit/1cfb21c8d4bdaaa3dd6f20f3f643b4a36cc5cd98"><code>1cfb21c</code></a>
docs: adds missing github action permissions to README (<a
href="https://redirect.github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/issues/1108">#1108</a>)</li>
<li>Additional commits viewable in <a
href="https://github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/compare/c2a5a2bd6a758a0937f1ddb1e8950609867ed15c...16a9c90856f42705d54a6fda1823352bdc62cf38">compare
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.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
         run: echo "name=${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - name: Release
         id: release
-        uses: googleapis/release-please-action@c2a5a2bd6a758a0937f1ddb1e8950609867ed15c # v4.3.0
+        uses: googleapis/release-please-action@16a9c90856f42705d54a6fda1823352bdc62cf38 # v4.4.0
         with:
           target-branch: ${{ steps.branch.outputs.name }}
           release-type: terraform-module