build(deps): bump googleapis/release-please-action from 4.3.0 to 4.4.0

Bumps [googleapis/release-please-action](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please-action) from 4.3.0 to 4.4.0.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please-action/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)
- [Commits](googleapis/release-please-action@c2a5a2b...16a9c90)

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updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: googleapis/release-please-action
  dependency-version: 4.4.0
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-minor
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Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <[email protected]>

Author: dependabot[bot]

.github/workflows/release-please.yml

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           egress-policy: audit
 
-      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@c2a5a2bd6a758a0937f1ddb1e8950609867ed15c # v4.3.0
+      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@16a9c90856f42705d54a6fda1823352bdc62cf38 # v4.4.0
         with:
           contents: write
           pull-requests: write