diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index f03d1172c..24295bdea 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
-Release 1.7.7 (in development)
-==============================
-
-Dependencies
-------------
-
-Incompatible changes
---------------------
-
-Deprecated
-----------
-
-Features added
---------------
+Release 1.7.7 (released Aug 19, 2018)
+=====================================
 
 Bugs fixed
 ----------
@@ -34,9 +22,6 @@ Bugs fixed
 * #5298: imgmath: math_number_all causes equations to have two numbers in html
 * #5294: sphinx-quickstart blank prompts in PowerShell
 
-Testing
---------
-
 Release 1.7.6 (released Jul 17, 2018)
 =====================================
 
diff --git a/sphinx/__init__.py b/sphinx/__init__.py
index bb0b8fe1e..9e32f6d38 100644
--- a/sphinx/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/__init__.py
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@ if 'PYTHONWARNINGS' not in os.environ:
 warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', "'U' mode is deprecated",
                         DeprecationWarning, module='docutils.io')
 
-__version__ = '1.7.7+'
+__version__ = '1.7.7'
 __released__ = '1.7.7'  # used when Sphinx builds its own docs
 
 # version info for better programmatic use
 # possible values for 3rd element: 'alpha', 'beta', 'rc', 'final'
 # 'final' has 0 as the last element
-version_info = (1, 7, 7, 'beta', 0)
+version_info = (1, 7, 7, 'final', 0)
 
 package_dir = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))