diff --git a/common/hugo/version_current.go b/common/hugo/version_current.go
index c0f55e110..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: 4,
-	Suffix:     "",
+	Number:     0.77,
+	PatchLevel: 0,
+	Suffix:     "-DEV",
 }
diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index fc5a95df1..d1d73df04 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 name: hugo
-version: "0.76.4"
+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/0.76.4-relnotes-ready.md b/temp/0.76.4-relnotes-ready.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 79835a75a..000000000
--- a/temp/0.76.4-relnotes-ready.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-
-
-This is a bug-fix release with a couple of important fixes.
-
-* snap: Install postcss v8 explicitly as it is now a peer dependency [e9a7ebaf](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/e9a7ebaf67a63ffe5e64c3b3aaefe66feb7f1868) [@anthonyfok](https://github.com/anthonyfok) 
-* lang/i18n: Fix for language code case issue with pt-br etc. [50682043](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/506820435cacb39ce7bb1835f46a15e913b95828) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) [#7804](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/issues/7804)
-* Merge branch 'release-0.76.3' [49972d07](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/49972d07925604fea45afe1ace7b5dcc6efc30bf) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) 
-* Add merge helper [c98132e3](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/commit/c98132e30e01a9638e61bd888c769d30e4e43ad5) [@bep](https://github.com/bep) 
-
-
-