diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 6731678f..f367f6cd 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "7.4.0"
+  ".": "7.4.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 123a7890..3caa111a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [7.4.1](https://github.com/eslint/markdown/compare/v7.4.0...v7.4.1) (2025-10-20)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* handle CR in `MarkdownSourceCode` and Front Matter util ([#554](https://github.com/eslint/markdown/issues/554)) ([d1ad828](https://github.com/eslint/markdown/commit/d1ad8284736b2747c9be8d64c417da11ca0b3eca))
+* handle CR in rules to follow CommonMark spec ([#493](https://github.com/eslint/markdown/issues/493)) ([20e88fe](https://github.com/eslint/markdown/commit/20e88fe739720fe42cf98a906e1da1c9cb5d8114))
+
 ## [7.4.0](https://github.com/eslint/markdown/compare/v7.3.0...v7.4.0) (2025-10-06)
 
 
diff --git a/jsr.json b/jsr.json
index f3d50a88..2e3ac91c 100644
--- a/jsr.json
+++ b/jsr.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@eslint/markdown",
-  "version": "7.4.0",
+  "version": "7.4.1",
   "exports": "./dist/esm/index.js",
   "publish": {
     "include": [
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5c8ea689..d37d5507 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@eslint/markdown",
-  "version": "7.4.0",
+  "version": "7.4.1",
   "description": "The official ESLint language plugin for Markdown",
   "license": "MIT",
   "author": {
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index aa9a6983..b8441f7f 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ let recommendedPlugins, processorPlugins;
 const plugin = {
 	meta: {
 		name: "@eslint/markdown",
-		version: "7.4.0", // x-release-please-version
+		version: "7.4.1", // x-release-please-version
 	},
 	processors: {
 		markdown: processor,
diff --git a/src/processor.js b/src/processor.js
index 5649287c..77ddbe4c 100644
--- a/src/processor.js
+++ b/src/processor.js
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ function postprocess(messages, filename) {
 export const processor = {
 	meta: {
 		name: "@eslint/markdown/markdown",
-		version: "7.4.0", // x-release-please-version
+		version: "7.4.1", // x-release-please-version
 	},
 	preprocess,
 	postprocess,