diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 2c9cfda54..4ada37fc5 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 Current
+
+7.7.1
 Fixed: GITHUB-2854: overloaded assertEquals methods do not work from Groovy (Krishnan Mahadevan)
 
 7.7.0
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 70dc8657c..e2f182d24 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ kotlin.code.style=official
 # Note: testng.kotlin-library.gradle.kts adds kotlin-stdlib for testImplementation
 kotlin.stdlib.default.dependency=false
 
-testng.version=7.8.0
+testng.version=7.7.1
 
 group=org.testng