diff --git a/CHANGELOG.textile b/CHANGELOG.textile
index 931d03ad..6f13c2ef 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.textile
+++ b/CHANGELOG.textile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ h1. Changelog
 
 Here's a summary of changes in each release. The list doesn't include some small changes or updates to test cases.
 
-h2. Version 3.7.7 - upcoming
+h2. "Version 3.7.7 - 2022/05/01":https://github.com/textile/php-textile/releases/tag/v3.7.7
 
 * Fix deprecation errors that appear on PHP >= 8.1 about preg_split limit argument's NULL value.
 
diff --git a/scripts/release.php b/scripts/release.php
index fe43426d..8b9c71da 100644
--- a/scripts/release.php
+++ b/scripts/release.php
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 }
 
 $url = 'https://github.com/textile/php-textile/releases/tag/v';
-$date = strftime('%Y/%m/%d');
+$date =  (new DateTime())->format('Y/m/d');
 $version = '0.0.0';
 $minor = '0.0';
 $install = '0.0.*';
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
         },
     ],
     'composer.json' => [
-        '/("dev-master": ")([^"])(")/' => function ($m) use ($minor) {
+        '/("dev-master": ")([^"])(")/' => function ($m) use ($dev) {
             return $m[1] . $dev . $m[2];
         }
     ]
diff --git a/src/Netcarver/Textile/Parser.php b/src/Netcarver/Textile/Parser.php
index 37d5fdca..0d052416 100644
--- a/src/Netcarver/Textile/Parser.php
+++ b/src/Netcarver/Textile/Parser.php
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ class Parser
      *
      * @var string
      */
-    protected $ver = '3.7.7-dev';
+    protected $ver = '3.7.7';
 
     /**
      * Regular expression snippets.