diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 400ba66ad33863..dbe6b10852db5f 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@
 #define PY_MAJOR_VERSION        3
 #define PY_MINOR_VERSION        7
 #define PY_MICRO_VERSION        7
-#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL        PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_GAMMA
-#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL       1
+#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL        PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_FINAL
+#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL       0
 
 /* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION              "3.7.7rc1+"
+#define PY_VERSION              "3.7.7"
 /*--end constants--*/
 
 /* Version as a single 4-byte hex number, e.g. 0x010502B2 == 1.5.2b2.
diff --git a/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py b/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py
index 7ca16fb4b2c6cb..4cfca96a09b5a0 100644
--- a/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py
+++ b/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Autogenerated by Sphinx on Wed Mar  4 02:29:35 2020
+# Autogenerated by Sphinx on Tue Mar 10 02:06:42 2020
 topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
            '**********************\n'
            '\n'
@@ -8920,7 +8920,7 @@
                  '\n'
                  'If the metaclass has no "__prepare__" attribute, then the '
                  'class\n'
-                 'namespace is initialised as an empty "dict()".\n'
+                 'namespace is initialised as an empty ordered mapping.\n'
                  '\n'
                  'See also:\n'
                  '\n'
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.7.7.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.7.7.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..9355f8cfbd63fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.7.7.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+.. bpo: 13487
+.. date: 2020-03-04-16-10-59
+.. nonce: gqe4Fb
+.. release date: 2020-03-10
+.. section: Library
+
+Avoid a possible *"RuntimeError: dictionary changed size during iteration"*
+from :func:`inspect.getmodule` when it tried to loop through
+:attr:`sys.modules`.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 17422
+.. date: 2020-02-27-17-35-27
+.. nonce: eS1hVh
+.. section: Documentation
+
+The language reference no longer restricts default class namespaces to dicts
+only.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-02-27-17-35-27.bpo-17422.eS1hVh.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-02-27-17-35-27.bpo-17422.eS1hVh.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index bbec5ec0eee65f..00000000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-02-27-17-35-27.bpo-17422.eS1hVh.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-The language reference no longer restricts default class namespaces to dicts
-only.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-04-16-10-59.bpo-13487.gqe4Fb.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-04-16-10-59.bpo-13487.gqe4Fb.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a1f02a7bdf377..00000000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-04-16-10-59.bpo-13487.gqe4Fb.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Avoid a possible *"RuntimeError: dictionary changed size during iteration"*
-from :func:`inspect.getmodule` when it tried to loop through
-:attr:`sys.modules`.
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 383bcdb44a1efc..906e9da103245b 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-This is Python version 3.7.7 candidate 1+
-=========================================
+This is Python version 3.7.7
+============================
 
 .. image:: https://travis-ci.org/python/cpython.svg?branch=3.7
    :alt: CPython build status on Travis CI