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    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2026-01-06</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001327273</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Lyra Therapeutics, Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>LYRA</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001810701</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Palasis Maria</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O LYRA THERAPEUTICS, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>480 ARSENAL WAY</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>WATERTOWN</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>02472</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>true</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>true</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>false</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>false</isOther>
            <officerTitle>President &amp; CEO</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <aff10b5One>true</aff10b5One>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2026-01-06</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>false</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1702</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>3.364</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1096733</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Shares were sold to cover taxes upon the vesting of restricted stock units (&quot;RSUs&quot;) pursuant to a mandatory Rule 10b5-1 trading instruction in the award agreement adopted by the Reporting Person on January 1, 2025 in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Jason Cavalier, Attorney-in-Fact for Maria Palasis, Ph.D.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2026-01-08</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
