diff --git a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 0f57f05ca..0d513a51f 100644
--- a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.8)
 
 project (libphonenumber)
 set (libphonenumber_VERSION_MAJOR 7)
-set (libphonenumber_VERSION_MINOR 6)
+set (libphonenumber_VERSION_MINOR 7)
 
 # Helper functions dealing with finding libraries and programs this library
 # depends on.
diff --git a/java/carrier/src/com/google/i18n/phonenumbers/carrier/data/config b/java/carrier/src/com/google/i18n/phonenumbers/carrier/data/config
index f1b9a33a3..4a4e6e441 100644
Binary files a/java/carrier/src/com/google/i18n/phonenumbers/carrier/data/config and b/java/carrier/src/com/google/i18n/phonenumbers/carrier/data/config differ
diff --git a/java/geocoder/src/com/google/i18n/phonenumbers/geocoding/data/config b/java/geocoder/src/com/google/i18n/phonenumbers/geocoding/data/config
index 4081070b4..7b3822ce1 100644
Binary files a/java/geocoder/src/com/google/i18n/phonenumbers/geocoding/data/config and b/java/geocoder/src/com/google/i18n/phonenumbers/geocoding/data/config differ
diff --git a/java/pending_code_changes.txt b/java/pending_code_changes.txt
index 60e9d55cf..8b1378917 100644
--- a/java/pending_code_changes.txt
+++ b/java/pending_code_changes.txt
@@ -1,6 +1 @@
-Code changes:
- - Removed the dependency on protobuf (protobuf-javanano) from the Java library,
-   resurrecting
-   java/libphonenumber/src/com/google/i18n/phonenumbers/Phonemetadata.java
-   which was present until libphonenumber-7.1.1.
-   Does not affect the C++ or JavaScript libraries.
+
diff --git a/java/release_notes.txt b/java/release_notes.txt
index 1e0deb097..25195c3c7 100644
--- a/java/release_notes.txt
+++ b/java/release_notes.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+Sep 19, 2016: libphonenumber-7.7.0
+Code changes:
+ - Removed the dependency on protobuf (protobuf-javanano) from the Java library,
+   resurrecting
+   java/libphonenumber/src/com/google/i18n/phonenumbers/Phonemetadata.java
+   which was present until libphonenumber-7.1.1.
+   Does not affect the C++ or JavaScript libraries.
+
 Sep 07, 2016: libphonenumber-7.6.1
 Code changes:
  - Phonemetadata.java has two more fields to represent possible lengths of phone