diff --git a/docs/whats_new.rst b/docs/whats_new.rst
index 4c1e6b6aa..ccbad6bc2 100644
--- a/docs/whats_new.rst
+++ b/docs/whats_new.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ What's New
 
 Discover notable new features and improvements in each release
 
+.. include::  whats_new/v0-7-8.rst
 .. include::  whats_new/v0-7-7.rst
 .. include::  whats_new/v0-7-6-001.rst
 .. include::  whats_new/v0-7-6.rst
diff --git a/docs/whats_new/v0-7-7.rst b/docs/whats_new/v0-7-7.rst
index 3a5d4f6d6..37b61e21b 100644
--- a/docs/whats_new/v0-7-7.rst
+++ b/docs/whats_new/v0-7-7.rst
@@ -1,13 +1,5 @@
-Under development
-+++++++++++++++++
-
-New Features
-############
-- The `HeatExchanger` class now has three new attributes, :code:`dp1`,
-  :code:`dp2` (hot side and cold side pressure drop in network pressure unit)
-  as well as :code:`ttd_min` for the minimal value of the terminal temperature
-  diference values
-  (`PR #581 <https://github.com/oemof/tespy/pull/581>`__).
+v0.7.7 - Newton's Nature (October, 27, 2024)
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 
 Bug Fixes
 #########
diff --git a/docs/whats_new/v0-7-8.rst b/docs/whats_new/v0-7-8.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..68dfa0016
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/whats_new/v0-7-8.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+v0.7.8 - Newton's Nature (December, 04, 2024)
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+
+New Features
+############
+- The `HeatExchanger` class now has three new attributes, :code:`dp1`,
+  :code:`dp2` (hot side and cold side pressure drop in network pressure unit)
+  as well as :code:`ttd_min` for the minimal value of the terminal temperature
+  diference values
+  (`PR #581 <https://github.com/oemof/tespy/pull/581>`__).
+
+Contributors
+############
+- Francesco Witte (`@fwitte <https://github.com/fwitte>`__)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a569b394f..3e6448223 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ exclude = ["docs/_build"]
 
 [project]
 name = "tespy"
-version = "0.7.7"
+version = "0.7.8"
 description = "Thermal Engineering Systems in Python (TESPy)"
 readme = "README.rst"
 authors = [
diff --git a/src/tespy/__init__.py b/src/tespy/__init__.py
index bdbb3cdf0..1dc7a6a3c 100644
--- a/src/tespy/__init__.py
+++ b/src/tespy/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import os
 
 __datapath__ = os.path.join(importlib.resources.files("tespy"), "data")
-__version__ = '0.7.7 - Newton\'s Nature'
+__version__ = '0.7.8 - Newton\'s Nature'
 
 # tespy data and connections import
 from . import connections  # noqa: F401