diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index aae002c..6054d4b 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 History
 =======
 
-1.7.7 (coming soon)
--------------------
+1.7.7 (2022-07-21)
+------------------
 
 * Added a validation to reject images that only contain nodata values.
 
diff --git a/arosics/version.py b/arosics/version.py
index 6471d15..70148f8 100644
--- a/arosics/version.py
+++ b/arosics/version.py
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 
-__version__ = '1.7.6'
-__versionalias__ = '2021-01-31_01'
+__version__ = '1.7.7'
+__versionalias__ = '2022-07-21_01'