diff --git a/common/hugo/version_current.go b/common/hugo/version_current.go
index ae771c158..79151cc24 100644
--- a/common/hugo/version_current.go
+++ b/common/hugo/version_current.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ package hugo
 // CurrentVersion represents the current build version.
 // This should be the only one.
 var CurrentVersion = Version{
-	Number:     0.76,
-	PatchLevel: 2,
-	Suffix:     "",
+	Number:     0.77,
+	PatchLevel: 0,
+	Suffix:     "-DEV",
 }
diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index 6bdb27612..34844858e 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 name: hugo
-version: "0.76.2"
+version: "0.77.0-DEV"
 summary: Fast and Flexible Static Site Generator
 description: |
   Hugo is a static HTML and CSS website generator written in Go. It is
   optimized for speed, easy use and configurability. Hugo takes a directory
   with content and templates and renders them into a full HTML website.
 confinement: strict
-grade: stable # "devel" or "stable"
+grade: devel # "devel" or "stable"
 
 apps:
   hugo:
diff --git a/temp/0.76.2-relnotes-ready.md b/temp/0.76.2-relnotes-ready.md
deleted file mode 100644
index b5964bd78..000000000
--- a/temp/0.76.2-relnotes-ready.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-
-
-This is a bug-fix release with one important fix.
-
-* Revert "deps: Update to  github.com/tdewolff/minify v2.9.4" [6dd60fca](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/6dd60fca73ff96b48064bb8c6586631a2370ffc6) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) [#7792](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/7792)
-
-
-