diff --git a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
index 96a51544f..64d784916 100644
--- a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ## Latest Changes
 
+
+## 0.77.0
+
 ### Upgrades
 
 * ⬆ Upgrade Starlette from 0.18.0 to 0.19.0. PR [#4488](https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/pull/4488) by [@Kludex](https://github.com/Kludex).
diff --git a/fastapi/__init__.py b/fastapi/__init__.py
index fcd036ee4..c4c04525b 100644
--- a/fastapi/__init__.py
+++ b/fastapi/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """FastAPI framework, high performance, easy to learn, fast to code, ready for production"""
 
-__version__ = "0.76.0"
+__version__ = "0.77.0"
 
 from starlette import status as status