chore(main): release 7.0.0

Author: github-actions[bot]

.release-please-manifest.json

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 {
-  ".": "6.20.0"
+  ".": "7.0.0"
 }

HISTORY.md

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 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [7.0.0](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/compare/v6.20.0...v7.0.0) (2025-09-26)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* **NODE-7174:** drop support for Node16 and Node18 ([#4668](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/issues/4668))
+* **NODE-7047:** use custom credential provider first after URI ([#4656](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/issues/4656))
+* **NODE-6988:** require aws sdk for aws auth ([#4659](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/issues/4659))
+
+### Features
+
+* **NODE-6988:** require aws sdk for aws auth ([#4659](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/issues/4659)) ([b7c6750](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/commit/b7c6750771e0a578e7f2ce6a8b9192ee7e76e8d3))
+* **NODE-7047:** use custom credential provider first after URI ([#4656](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/issues/4656)) ([2a47bbb](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/commit/2a47bbbf03ec54509d93f925d0747378e3de80ed))
+* **NODE-7174:** drop support for Node16 and Node18 ([#4668](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/issues/4668)) ([a576b7d](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/commit/a576b7d3a8210f0544c3814b130ea21585ea1f9f))
+
 ## [6.20.0](https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native/compare/v6.19.0...v6.20.0) (2025-09-17)
 
 

package-lock.json

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 {
   "name": "mongodb",
-  "version": "6.20.0",
+  "version": "7.0.0",
   "description": "The official MongoDB driver for Node.js",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "files": [