diff --git a/common/hugo/version_current.go b/common/hugo/version_current.go
index 64f51db96..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: 1,
-	Suffix:     "",
+	Number:     0.77,
+	PatchLevel: 0,
+	Suffix:     "-DEV",
 }
diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index 9d8024f70..34844858e 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 name: hugo
-version: "0.76.1"
+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/0.76.1-relnotes-ready.md b/temp/0.76.1-relnotes-ready.md
deleted file mode 100644
index fd5b8b249..000000000
--- a/temp/0.76.1-relnotes-ready.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-
-
-This is a bug-fix release with a couple of important fixes.
-
-* langs/i18n: Fix i18n .Count regression [f9e798e8](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/f9e798e8c4234bd60277e3cb10663ba254d4ecb7) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) [#7787](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/7787)
-* Fix typo in 0.76.0 release note [ee56efff](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/ee56efffcb3f81120b0d3e0297b4fb5966124354) [@digitalcraftsman](https://github.com/digitalcraftsman) 
-
-
-