chore(main): release 4.0.0-alpha (#96)

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.release-please-manifest.json

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 {
-  ".": "3.0.3"
+  ".": "4.0.0-alpha"
 }

HISTORY.md

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 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [4.0.0-alpha](https://github.com/mongodb-js/mongodb-connection-string-url/compare/v3.0.3...v4.0.0-alpha) (2025-10-21)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* **NODE-7058:** drop support for Node 16 and 18 ([#95](https://github.com/mongodb-js/mongodb-connection-string-url/issues/95))
+
+### Features
+
+* **NODE-7058:** drop support for Node 16 and 18 ([#95](https://github.com/mongodb-js/mongodb-connection-string-url/issues/95)) ([783c85b](https://github.com/mongodb-js/mongodb-connection-string-url/commit/783c85b5416410fc92c1121d60f8b95e822465a0))
+
 ## [3.0.3](https://github.com/mongodb-js/mongodb-connection-string-url/compare/v3.0.2...v3.0.3) (2025-09-04)
 
 

package-lock.json

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 {
   "name": "mongodb-connection-string-url",
-  "version": "3.0.3",
+  "version": "4.0.0-alpha",
   "description": "MongoDB connection strings, based on the WhatWG URL API",
   "keywords": [
     "password",