diff --git a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
index a671fe276..edc58171b 100644
--- a/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
+++ b/docs/en/docs/release-notes.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ## Latest Changes
 
+
+## 0.78.0
+
 ### Features
 
 * ✨ Add support for omitting `...` as default value when declaring required parameters with:
diff --git a/fastapi/__init__.py b/fastapi/__init__.py
index 1a4d00162..2465e2c27 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__ = "0.77.1"
+__version__ = "0.78.0"
 
 from starlette import status as status