diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 8c7554126..05c9373f0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
             # Use git describe tags to identify the number of commits the branch
             # is ahead of the most recent non-release-candidate tag, which is
             # part of the rc.<commits> value.
-            RELEASE_VERSION=$MAIN_RELEASE_VERSION-rc.$(node -e "console.log('$(git describe --tags --exclude *rc*)'.split('-')[1])")
+            RELEASE_VERSION=$MAIN_RELEASE_VERSION-rc.$(node -e "console.log('$(git describe --tags --exclude rc*)'.split('-')[1])")
 
             # release-please only ignores releases that have a form like [A-Z0-9]<version>, so prefixing with rc<version>
             RELEASE_NAME="rc$RELEASE_VERSION"
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 9617936f2..e91126641 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -2125,12 +2125,12 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/braces/-/braces-3.0.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-b8um+L1RzM3WDSzvhm6gIz1yfTbBt6YTlcEKAvsmqCZZFw46z626lVj9j1yEPW33H5H+lBQpZMP1k8l+78Ha0A==",
+      "version": "3.0.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/braces/-/braces-3.0.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-yQbXgO/OSZVD2IsiLlro+7Hf6Q18EJrKSEsdoMzKePKXct3gvD8oLcOQdIzGupr5Fj+EDe8gO/lxc1BzfMpxvA==",
       "dev": true,
       "dependencies": {
-        "fill-range": "^7.0.1"
+        "fill-range": "^7.1.1"
       },
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=8"
@@ -3434,9 +3434,9 @@
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     },
     "node_modules/fill-range": {
-      "version": "7.0.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fill-range/-/fill-range-7.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-qOo9F+dMUmC2Lcb4BbVvnKJxTPjCm+RRpe4gDuGrzkL7mEVl/djYSu2OdQ2Pa302N4oqkSg9ir6jaLWJ2USVpQ==",
+      "version": "7.1.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fill-range/-/fill-range-7.1.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-YsGpe3WHLK8ZYi4tWDg2Jy3ebRz2rXowDxnld4bkQB00cc/1Zw9AWnC0i9ztDJitivtQvaI9KaLyKrc+hBW0yg==",
       "dev": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "to-regex-range": "^5.0.1"
@@ -9061,12 +9061,12 @@
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     },
     "braces": {
-      "version": "3.0.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/braces/-/braces-3.0.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-b8um+L1RzM3WDSzvhm6gIz1yfTbBt6YTlcEKAvsmqCZZFw46z626lVj9j1yEPW33H5H+lBQpZMP1k8l+78Ha0A==",
+      "version": "3.0.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/braces/-/braces-3.0.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-yQbXgO/OSZVD2IsiLlro+7Hf6Q18EJrKSEsdoMzKePKXct3gvD8oLcOQdIzGupr5Fj+EDe8gO/lxc1BzfMpxvA==",
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
-        "fill-range": "^7.0.1"
+        "fill-range": "^7.1.1"
       }
     },
     "browserslist": {
@@ -10030,9 +10030,9 @@
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     },
     "fill-range": {
-      "version": "7.0.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fill-range/-/fill-range-7.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-qOo9F+dMUmC2Lcb4BbVvnKJxTPjCm+RRpe4gDuGrzkL7mEVl/djYSu2OdQ2Pa302N4oqkSg9ir6jaLWJ2USVpQ==",
+      "version": "7.1.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fill-range/-/fill-range-7.1.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-YsGpe3WHLK8ZYi4tWDg2Jy3ebRz2rXowDxnld4bkQB00cc/1Zw9AWnC0i9ztDJitivtQvaI9KaLyKrc+hBW0yg==",
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
         "to-regex-range": "^5.0.1"