diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 6d3198c..3732d1d 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -7,6 +7,19 @@ The following changes are not yet released, but are code complete:
 Features:
 -
 
+Changes:
+-
+
+Fixes:
+-
+
+## Current
+
+**2.7.8 - 2026-07-01**
+
+Features:
+-
+
 Changes:
 - CI: bump GitHub Actions to Node 24 runtimes, clearing the directly-fixable Node 20 deprecation warnings
 
@@ -18,8 +31,6 @@ Fixes:
   the `S.W.2d` custom regex did so even before #305; distinct editions
   (genuine ambiguity) are preserved. #317
 
-## Current
-
 **2.7.7 - 2026-06-25**
 
 Features:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4b82f24..8a1b1e3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ requires = [
 
 [project]
 name = "eyecite"
-version = "2.7.7"
+version = "2.7.8"
 description = "Tool for extracting legal citations from text strings."
 readme = "README.rst"
 keywords = ["legal", "courts", "citations", "extraction", "cites"]
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 1ba3191..a0b7b97 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "eyecite"
-version = "2.7.7"
+version = "2.7.8"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "courts-db" },