diff --git a/.cruft.json b/.cruft.json
index 3b9aa30b..1ff497ed 100644
--- a/.cruft.json
+++ b/.cruft.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
       "project_slug": "xscen",
       "project_short_description": "A climate change scenario-building analysis framework, built with xclim/xarray.",
       "pypi_username": "RondeauG",
-      "version": "0.7.6-beta",
+      "version": "0.7.7-beta",
       "use_pytest": "y",
       "use_black": "y",
       "add_pyup_badge": "n",
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 8b41fd51..9c11f7c9 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.7.6-beta
+current_version = 0.7.7-beta
 commit = True
 tag = False
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+).(?P<patch>\d+)(\-(?P<release>[a-z]+))?
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1e0aa0fb..6f7bea1d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -102,6 +102,6 @@ def run(self):
     test_suite="tests",
     extras_require={"dev": dev_requirements},
     url="https://github.com/Ouranosinc/xscen",
-    version="0.7.6-beta",
+    version="0.7.7-beta",
     zip_safe=False,
 )
diff --git a/tests/test_xscen.py b/tests/test_xscen.py
index f680f1eb..3f2c3672 100644
--- a/tests/test_xscen.py
+++ b/tests/test_xscen.py
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ def test_package_metadata(self):
         contents = f.read()
         assert """Gabriel Rondeau-Genesse""" in contents
         assert '__email__ = "rondeau-genesse.gabriel@ouranos.ca"' in contents
-        assert '__version__ = "0.7.6-beta"' in contents
+        assert '__version__ = "0.7.7-beta"' in contents
diff --git a/xscen/__init__.py b/xscen/__init__.py
index 16fadd97..0e892045 100644
--- a/xscen/__init__.py
+++ b/xscen/__init__.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 
 __author__ = """Gabriel Rondeau-Genesse"""
 __email__ = "rondeau-genesse.gabriel@ouranos.ca"
-__version__ = "0.7.6-beta"
+__version__ = "0.7.7-beta"
 
 
 # monkeypatch so that warnings.warn() doesn't mention itself