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 2.7.7 - 18 March 2018
 
-    The Gnucash Development Team is pleased to release Gnucash 2.7.6,
-    the seventh release of an unstable series leading to Gnucash 3.0.
+    The Gnucash Development Team is pleased to release Gnucash 2.7.7,
+    the eighth release of an unstable series leading to Gnucash 3.0.
 
     Notice that we've decided that beginning with the upcoming major
     release we will use two-digit release numbers and that the next