diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 30c9c056..7d943c45 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -8601,6 +8601,7 @@ class Comparator {
       }
     }
 
+    comp = comp.trim().split(/\s+/).join(' ')
     debug('comparator', comp, options)
     this.options = options
     this.loose = !!options.loose
@@ -8718,7 +8719,7 @@ class Comparator {
 module.exports = Comparator
 
 const parseOptions = __nccwpck_require__(785)
-const { re, t } = __nccwpck_require__(9523)
+const { safeRe: re, t } = __nccwpck_require__(9523)
 const cmp = __nccwpck_require__(5098)
 const debug = __nccwpck_require__(427)
 const SemVer = __nccwpck_require__(8088)
@@ -8758,19 +8759,26 @@ class Range {
     this.loose = !!options.loose
     this.includePrerelease = !!options.includePrerelease
 
-    // First, split based on boolean or ||
+    // First reduce all whitespace as much as possible so we do not have to rely
+    // on potentially slow regexes like \s*. This is then stored and used for
+    // future error messages as well.
     this.raw = range
-    this.set = range
+      .trim()
+      .split(/\s+/)
+      .join(' ')
+
+    // First, split on ||
+    this.set = this.raw
       .split('||')
       // map the range to a 2d array of comparators
-      .map(r => this.parseRange(r.trim()))
+      .map(r => this.parseRange(r))
       // throw out any comparator lists that are empty
       // this generally means that it was not a valid range, which is allowed
       // in loose mode, but will still throw if the WHOLE range is invalid.
       .filter(c => c.length)
 
     if (!this.set.length) {
-      throw new TypeError(`Invalid SemVer Range: ${range}`)
+      throw new TypeError(`Invalid SemVer Range: ${this.raw}`)
     }
 
     // if we have any that are not the null set, throw out null sets.
@@ -8796,9 +8804,7 @@ class Range {
 
   format () {
     this.range = this.set
-      .map((comps) => {
-        return comps.join(' ').trim()
-      })
+      .map((comps) => comps.join(' ').trim())
       .join('||')
       .trim()
     return this.range
@@ -8809,8 +8815,6 @@ class Range {
   }
 
   parseRange (range) {
-    range = range.trim()
-
     // memoize range parsing for performance.
     // this is a very hot path, and fully deterministic.
     const memoOpts =
@@ -8837,9 +8841,6 @@ class Range {
     // `^ 1.2.3` => `^1.2.3`
     range = range.replace(re[t.CARETTRIM], caretTrimReplace)
 
-    // normalize spaces
-    range = range.split(/\s+/).join(' ')
-
     // At this point, the range is completely trimmed and
     // ready to be split into comparators.
 
@@ -8935,7 +8936,7 @@ const Comparator = __nccwpck_require__(1532)
 const debug = __nccwpck_require__(427)
 const SemVer = __nccwpck_require__(8088)
 const {
-  re,
+  safeRe: re,
   t,
   comparatorTrimReplace,
   tildeTrimReplace,
@@ -8989,10 +8990,13 @@ const isX = id => !id || id.toLowerCase() === 'x' || id === '*'
 // ~1.2.3, ~>1.2.3 --> >=1.2.3 <1.3.0-0
 // ~1.2.0, ~>1.2.0 --> >=1.2.0 <1.3.0-0
 // ~0.0.1 --> >=0.0.1 <0.1.0-0
-const replaceTildes = (comp, options) =>
-  comp.trim().split(/\s+/).map((c) => {
-    return replaceTilde(c, options)
-  }).join(' ')
+const replaceTildes = (comp, options) => {
+  return comp
+    .trim()
+    .split(/\s+/)
+    .map((c) => replaceTilde(c, options))
+    .join(' ')
+}
 
 const replaceTilde = (comp, options) => {
   const r = options.loose ? re[t.TILDELOOSE] : re[t.TILDE]
@@ -9030,10 +9034,13 @@ const replaceTilde = (comp, options) => {
 // ^1.2.0 --> >=1.2.0 <2.0.0-0
 // ^0.0.1 --> >=0.0.1 <0.0.2-0
 // ^0.1.0 --> >=0.1.0 <0.2.0-0
-const replaceCarets = (comp, options) =>
-  comp.trim().split(/\s+/).map((c) => {
-    return replaceCaret(c, options)
-  }).join(' ')
+const replaceCarets = (comp, options) => {
+  return comp
+    .trim()
+    .split(/\s+/)
+    .map((c) => replaceCaret(c, options))
+    .join(' ')
+}
 
 const replaceCaret = (comp, options) => {
   debug('caret', comp, options)
@@ -9090,9 +9097,10 @@ const replaceCaret = (comp, options) => {
 
 const replaceXRanges = (comp, options) => {
   debug('replaceXRanges', comp, options)
-  return comp.split(/\s+/).map((c) => {
-    return replaceXRange(c, options)
-  }).join(' ')
+  return comp
+    .split(/\s+/)
+    .map((c) => replaceXRange(c, options))
+    .join(' ')
 }
 
 const replaceXRange = (comp, options) => {
@@ -9175,12 +9183,15 @@ const replaceXRange = (comp, options) => {
 const replaceStars = (comp, options) => {
   debug('replaceStars', comp, options)
   // Looseness is ignored here.  star is always as loose as it gets!
-  return comp.trim().replace(re[t.STAR], '')
+  return comp
+    .trim()
+    .replace(re[t.STAR], '')
 }
 
 const replaceGTE0 = (comp, options) => {
   debug('replaceGTE0', comp, options)
-  return comp.trim()
+  return comp
+    .trim()
     .replace(re[options.includePrerelease ? t.GTE0PRE : t.GTE0], '')
 }
 
@@ -9218,7 +9229,7 @@ const hyphenReplace = incPr => ($0,
     to = `<=${to}`
   }
 
-  return (`${from} ${to}`).trim()
+  return `${from} ${to}`.trim()
 }
 
 const testSet = (set, version, options) => {
@@ -9265,7 +9276,7 @@ const testSet = (set, version, options) => {
 
 const debug = __nccwpck_require__(427)
 const { MAX_LENGTH, MAX_SAFE_INTEGER } = __nccwpck_require__(2293)
-const { re, t } = __nccwpck_require__(9523)
+const { safeRe: re, t } = __nccwpck_require__(9523)
 
 const parseOptions = __nccwpck_require__(785)
 const { compareIdentifiers } = __nccwpck_require__(2463)
@@ -9556,8 +9567,10 @@ class SemVer {
       default:
         throw new Error(`invalid increment argument: ${release}`)
     }
-    this.format()
-    this.raw = this.version
+    this.raw = this.format()
+    if (this.build.length) {
+      this.raw += `+${this.build.join('.')}`
+    }
     return this
   }
 }
@@ -9644,7 +9657,7 @@ module.exports = cmp
 
 const SemVer = __nccwpck_require__(8088)
 const parse = __nccwpck_require__(5925)
-const { re, t } = __nccwpck_require__(9523)
+const { safeRe: re, t } = __nccwpck_require__(9523)
 
 const coerce = (version, options) => {
   if (version instanceof SemVer) {
@@ -9752,6 +9765,35 @@ const diff = (version1, version2) => {
   const highVersion = v1Higher ? v1 : v2
   const lowVersion = v1Higher ? v2 : v1
   const highHasPre = !!highVersion.prerelease.length
+  const lowHasPre = !!lowVersion.prerelease.length
+
+  if (lowHasPre && !highHasPre) {
+    // Going from prerelease -> no prerelease requires some special casing
+
+    // If the low version has only a major, then it will always be a major
+    // Some examples:
+    // 1.0.0-1 -> 1.0.0
+    // 1.0.0-1 -> 1.1.1
+    // 1.0.0-1 -> 2.0.0
+    if (!lowVersion.patch && !lowVersion.minor) {
+      return 'major'
+    }
+
+    // Otherwise it can be determined by checking the high version
+
+    if (highVersion.patch) {
+      // anything higher than a patch bump would result in the wrong version
+      return 'patch'
+    }
+
+    if (highVersion.minor) {
+      // anything higher than a minor bump would result in the wrong version
+      return 'minor'
+    }
+
+    // bumping major/minor/patch all have same result
+    return 'major'
+  }
 
   // add the `pre` prefix if we are going to a prerelease version
   const prefix = highHasPre ? 'pre' : ''
@@ -9768,26 +9810,8 @@ const diff = (version1, version2) => {
     return prefix + 'patch'
   }
 
-  // at this point we know stable versions match but overall versions are not equal,
-  // so either they are both prereleases, or the lower version is a prerelease
-
-  if (highHasPre) {
-    // high and low are preleases
-    return 'prerelease'
-  }
-
-  if (lowVersion.patch) {
-    // anything higher than a patch bump would result in the wrong version
-    return 'patch'
-  }
-
-  if (lowVersion.minor) {
-    // anything higher than a minor bump would result in the wrong version
-    return 'minor'
-  }
-
-  // bumping major/minor/patch all have same result
-  return 'major'
+  // high and low are preleases
+  return 'prerelease'
 }
 
 module.exports = diff
@@ -10217,16 +10241,27 @@ exports = module.exports = {}
 
 // The actual regexps go on exports.re
 const re = exports.re = []
+const safeRe = exports.safeRe = []
 const src = exports.src = []
 const t = exports.t = {}
 let R = 0
 
 const createToken = (name, value, isGlobal) => {
+  // Replace all greedy whitespace to prevent regex dos issues. These regex are
+  // used internally via the safeRe object since all inputs in this library get
+  // normalized first to trim and collapse all extra whitespace. The original
+  // regexes are exported for userland consumption and lower level usage. A
+  // future breaking change could export the safer regex only with a note that
+  // all input should have extra whitespace removed.
+  const safe = value
+    .split('\\s*').join('\\s{0,1}')
+    .split('\\s+').join('\\s')
   const index = R++
   debug(name, index, value)
   t[name] = index
   src[index] = value
   re[index] = new RegExp(value, isGlobal ? 'g' : undefined)
+  safeRe[index] = new RegExp(safe, isGlobal ? 'g' : undefined)
 }
 
 // The following Regular Expressions can be used for tokenizing,