diff --git a/.github/workflows/post-dependabot.yml b/.github/workflows/post-dependabot.yml
index 1ea8693c..3a919116 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/post-dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/post-dependabot.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
           else
             # strip leading slash from directory so it works as a
             # a path to the workspace flag
-            echo "workspace=-w ${dependabot_dir#/}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "workspace=--workspace ${dependabot_dir#/}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           fi
 
       - name: Apply Changes
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 3066f524..32a56fe9 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "7.7.2"
+  ".": "7.7.3"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 90d1cd1e..518b61bc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [7.7.3](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/compare/v7.7.2...v7.7.3) (2025-10-06)
+### Bug Fixes
+* [`e37e0ca`](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/commit/e37e0ca0b5fc910d2b1948d25dbc83cc3a0921ea) [#813](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/pull/813) faster paths for compare (#813) (@H4ad)
+* [`2471d75`](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/commit/2471d7543e2e63d9d95358e2405e7e1cde926c36) [#811](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/pull/811) x-range build metadata support (i529015)
+### Chores
+* [`8f05c87`](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/commit/8f05c87f56a4123259b8c6d9324f53eadb02e48f) [#807](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/pull/807) bump @npmcli/template-oss from 4.25.0 to 4.25.1 (#807) (@dependabot[bot], @owlstronaut)
+
 ## [7.7.2](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/compare/v7.7.1...v7.7.2) (2025-05-12)
 ### Bug Fixes
 * [`fcafb61`](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/commit/fcafb61ed566ff8ccf24818dd94b76738f037aa4) [#780](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/pull/780) add missing `'use strict'` directives (#780) (@Fdawgs)
diff --git a/benchmarks/bench-compare.js b/benchmarks/bench-compare.js
index 81db8c24..ec75f2d3 100644
--- a/benchmarks/bench-compare.js
+++ b/benchmarks/bench-compare.js
@@ -4,45 +4,15 @@ const Benchmark = require('benchmark')
 const SemVer = require('../classes/semver')
 const suite = new Benchmark.Suite()
 
-const versions = ['1.0.3', '2.2.2', '2.3.0']
-const versionToCompare = '1.0.2'
-const option1 = { includePrelease: true }
-const option2 = { includePrelease: true, loose: true }
-const option3 = { includePrelease: true, loose: true, rtl: true }
+const comparisons = require('../test/fixtures/comparisons')
 
-for (const version of versions) {
-  suite.add(`compare ${version} to ${versionToCompare}`, function () {
-    const semver = new SemVer(version)
-    semver.compare(versionToCompare)
+for (const [v0, v1] of comparisons) {
+  suite.add(`compare ${v0} to ${v1}`, function () {
+    const semver = new SemVer(v0)
+    semver.compare(v1)
   })
 }
 
-for (const version of versions) {
-  suite.add(
-    `compare ${version} to ${versionToCompare} with option (${JSON.stringify(option1)})`,
-    function () {
-      const semver = new SemVer(version, option1)
-      semver.compare(versionToCompare)
-    })
-}
-
-for (const version of versions) {
-  suite.add(`compare ${version} to ${versionToCompare} with option (${JSON.stringify(option2)})`,
-    function () {
-      const semver = new SemVer(version, option2)
-      semver.compare(versionToCompare)
-    })
-}
-
-for (const version of versions) {
-  suite.add(
-    `compare ${version} to ${versionToCompare} with option (${JSON.stringify(option3)})`,
-    function () {
-      const semver = new SemVer(version, option3)
-      semver.compare(versionToCompare)
-    })
-}
-
 suite
   .on('cycle', function (event) {
     console.log(String(event.target))
diff --git a/benchmarks/bench-parse.js b/benchmarks/bench-parse.js
index af10ec52..5756eee2 100644
--- a/benchmarks/bench-parse.js
+++ b/benchmarks/bench-parse.js
@@ -2,21 +2,20 @@
 
 const Benchmark = require('benchmark')
 const parse = require('../functions/parse')
-const { MAX_SAFE_INTEGER } = require('../internal/constants')
 const suite = new Benchmark.Suite()
 
-const cases = ['1.2.1', '1.2.2-4', '1.2.3-pre']
-const invalidCases = [`${MAX_SAFE_INTEGER}0.0.0`, 'hello, world', 'xyz']
+const cases = require(`../test/fixtures/valid-versions`)
+const invalidCases = require(`../test/fixtures/invalid-versions`)
 
 for (const test of cases) {
-  suite.add(`parse(${test})`, function () {
-    parse(test)
+  suite.add(`parse(${test[0]})`, function () {
+    parse(test[0])
   })
 }
 
 for (const test of invalidCases) {
-  suite.add(`invalid parse(${test})`, function () {
-    parse(test)
+  suite.add(`invalid parse(${test[0]})`, function () {
+    parse(test[0])
   })
 }
 
diff --git a/classes/range.js b/classes/range.js
index f80c2359..94629ce6 100644
--- a/classes/range.js
+++ b/classes/range.js
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ 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)
diff --git a/classes/semver.js b/classes/semver.js
index 2efba0f4..92254be1 100644
--- a/classes/semver.js
+++ b/classes/semver.js
@@ -111,11 +111,25 @@ 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) {
diff --git a/internal/identifiers.js b/internal/identifiers.js
index a4613dee..d053472d 100644
--- a/internal/identifiers.js
+++ b/internal/identifiers.js
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 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.json b/package.json
index 1fbef5a9..2b8cadaa 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "semver",
-  "version": "7.7.2",
+  "version": "7.7.3",
   "description": "The semantic version parser used by npm.",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@npmcli/eslint-config": "^5.0.0",
-    "@npmcli/template-oss": "4.24.3",
+    "@npmcli/template-oss": "4.25.1",
     "benchmark": "^2.1.4",
     "tap": "^16.0.0"
   },
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
   "author": "GitHub Inc.",
   "templateOSS": {
     "//@npmcli/template-oss": "This file is partially managed by @npmcli/template-oss. Edits may be overwritten.",
-    "version": "4.24.3",
+    "version": "4.25.1",
     "engines": ">=10",
     "distPaths": [
       "classes/",
diff --git a/test/fixtures/range-parse.js b/test/fixtures/range-parse.js
index 3fdd5ff2..e4e252d7 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/range-parse.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/range-parse.js
@@ -88,4 +88,32 @@ module.exports = [
   [`^${MAX_SAFE_INTEGER}.0.0`, null],
   [`=${MAX_SAFE_INTEGER}.0.0`, `${MAX_SAFE_INTEGER}.0.0`],
   [`^${MAX_SAFE_INTEGER - 1}.0.0`, `>=${MAX_SAFE_INTEGER - 1}.0.0 <${MAX_SAFE_INTEGER}.0.0-0`],
+  // x-ranges with build metadata
+  ['1.x.x+build >2.x+build', '>=1.0.0 <2.0.0-0 >=3.0.0', null],
+  ['>=1.x+build <2.x.x+build', '>=1.0.0 <2.0.0-0', null],
+  ['1.x.x+build || 2.x.x+build', '>=1.0.0 <2.0.0-0||>=2.0.0 <3.0.0-0', null],
+  ['1.x+build.123', '>=1.0.0 <2.0.0-0', null],
+  ['1.x.x+meta-data', '>=1.0.0 <2.0.0-0', null],
+  ['1.x.x+build.123 >2.x.x+meta-data', '>=1.0.0 <2.0.0-0 >=3.0.0', null],
+  ['1.x.x+build <2.x.x+meta', '>=1.0.0 <2.0.0-0', null],
+  ['>1.x+build <=2.x.x+meta', '>=2.0.0 <3.0.0-0', null],
+  [' 1.x.x+build   >2.x.x+build  ', '>=1.0.0 <2.0.0-0 >=3.0.0', null],
+  ['^1.x+build', '>=1.0.0 <2.0.0-0', null],
+  ['^1.x.x+build', '>=1.0.0 <2.0.0-0', null],
+  ['^1.2.x+build', '>=1.2.0 <2.0.0-0', null],
+  ['^1.x+meta-data', '>=1.0.0 <2.0.0-0', null],
+  ['^1.x.x+build.123', '>=1.0.0 <2.0.0-0', null],
+  ['~1.x+build', '>=1.0.0 <2.0.0-0', null],
+  ['~1.x.x+build', '>=1.0.0 <2.0.0-0', null],
+  ['~1.2.x+build', '>=1.2.0 <1.3.0-0', null],
+  ['~1.x+meta-data', '>=1.0.0 <2.0.0-0', null],
+  ['~1.x.x+build.123', '>=1.0.0 <2.0.0-0', null],
+  ['^1.x.x+build || ~2.x.x+meta', '>=1.0.0 <2.0.0-0||>=2.0.0 <3.0.0-0', null],
+  ['~1.x.x+build >2.x+meta', '>=1.0.0 <2.0.0-0 >=3.0.0', null],
+  ['^1.x+build.123 <2.x.x+meta-data', '>=1.0.0 <2.0.0-0', null],
+  // // x-ranges with prerelease and build
+  ['1.x.x-alpha+build', '>=1.0.0 <2.0.0-0', null],
+  ['>1.x.x-alpha+build', '>=2.0.0', null],
+  ['>=1.x.x-alpha+build <2.x.x+build', '>=1.0.0 <2.0.0-0', null],
+  ['1.x.x-alpha+build || 2.x.x+build', '>=1.0.0 <2.0.0-0||>=2.0.0 <3.0.0-0', null],
 ]
diff --git a/test/internal/identifiers.js b/test/internal/identifiers.js
index 1a89583e..cb217eda 100644
--- a/test/internal/identifiers.js
+++ b/test/internal/identifiers.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ test('rcompareIdentifiers and compareIdentifiers', (t) => {
     ['1', '2'],
     ['alpha', 'beta'],
     ['0', 'beta'],
+    [1, 2],
   ]
   set.forEach((ab) => {
     const a = ab[0]
@@ -17,5 +18,7 @@ test('rcompareIdentifiers and compareIdentifiers', (t) => {
   })
   t.equal(compareIdentifiers('0', '0'), 0)
   t.equal(rcompareIdentifiers('0', '0'), 0)
+  t.equal(compareIdentifiers(1, 1), 0)
+  t.equal(rcompareIdentifiers(1, 1), 0)
   t.end()
 })