diff --git a/.ci/release-trigger.sh b/.ci/release-trigger.sh
index 80a26a894..9dea3c5b5 100644
--- a/.ci/release-trigger.sh
+++ b/.ci/release-trigger.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # this file is evaluated by .ci/build.sh
 
-POM_CURRENT_VERSION="7.6.1-SNAPSHOT" # perform release if pom.xml matches this version
-POM_RELEASE_VERSION="7.7.0" # next release version
+POM_CURRENT_VERSION="7.7.1-SNAPSHOT" # perform release if pom.xml matches this version
+POM_RELEASE_VERSION="7.7.1" # next release version
 
 DRY_RUN=false # is dry run?
 SKIP_TESTS=true # skip tests during release build?