diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 367ddfe0..3734181b 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "7.6.1"
+  ".": "7.6.2"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 230a617f..b24f819c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [7.6.2](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/compare/v7.6.1...v7.6.2) (2024-05-09)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* [`6466ba9`](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/commit/6466ba9b540252db405fdd2a289dd4651495beea) [#713](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/pull/713) lru: use map.delete() directly (#713) (@negezor, @lukekarrys)
+
 ## [7.6.1](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/compare/v7.6.0...v7.6.1) (2024-05-04)
 
 ### Bug Fixes
diff --git a/internal/lrucache.js b/internal/lrucache.js
index f4a97f2e..6d89ec94 100644
--- a/internal/lrucache.js
+++ b/internal/lrucache.js
@@ -17,12 +17,7 @@ class LRUCache {
   }
 
   delete (key) {
-    if (this.map.has(key)) {
-      this.map.delete(key)
-      return true
-    } else {
-      return false
-    }
+    return this.map.delete(key)
   }
 
   set (key, value) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ccf86cd0..cb8def45 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "semver",
-  "version": "7.6.1",
+  "version": "7.6.2",
   "description": "The semantic version parser used by npm.",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {