diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index b0577e8ba..d63b37b7a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/) a
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [7.7.1] - 2024-06-12
+
+- fixed deserialization of responses with no content (#560)
+
 ## [7.7.0] - 2024-06-07
 
 - added configuration option to set Vert.x instance (#558, DE-535)
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index f185ceb48..6b6ae5185 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
         <artifactId>arangodb-java-driver-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>7.7.0</version>
+        <version>7.7.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>core</name>
diff --git a/driver/pom.xml b/driver/pom.xml
index 4da65fe55..e2daab549 100644
--- a/driver/pom.xml
+++ b/driver/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>arangodb-java-driver-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
-        <version>7.7.0</version>
+        <version>7.7.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>arangodb-java-driver</name>
diff --git a/driver/src/test/java/com/arangodb/UserAgentAsyncTest.java b/driver/src/test/java/com/arangodb/UserAgentAsyncTest.java
index 31e4545ad..9c13914cb 100644
--- a/driver/src/test/java/com/arangodb/UserAgentAsyncTest.java
+++ b/driver/src/test/java/com/arangodb/UserAgentAsyncTest.java
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 class UserAgentAsyncTest extends BaseJunit5 {
 
-    private static final String EXPECTED_VERSION = "7.7.0";
+    private static final String EXPECTED_VERSION = "7.7.1";
 
     @Test
     void packageVersion() {
diff --git a/driver/src/test/java/com/arangodb/UserAgentTest.java b/driver/src/test/java/com/arangodb/UserAgentTest.java
index 7659a6f2b..de7ff3c54 100644
--- a/driver/src/test/java/com/arangodb/UserAgentTest.java
+++ b/driver/src/test/java/com/arangodb/UserAgentTest.java
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 class UserAgentTest extends BaseJunit5 {
 
-    private static final String EXPECTED_VERSION = "7.7.0";
+    private static final String EXPECTED_VERSION = "7.7.1";
 
     @Test
     void packageVersion() {
diff --git a/http/pom.xml b/http/pom.xml
index 9c9829b6d..0180b04c2 100644
--- a/http/pom.xml
+++ b/http/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
         <artifactId>arangodb-java-driver-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>7.7.0</version>
+        <version>7.7.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>http-protocol</name>
diff --git a/integration-tests/pom.xml b/integration-tests/pom.xml
index 2792ac784..82fde5019 100644
--- a/integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
         <artifactId>arangodb-java-driver-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>7.7.0</version>
+        <version>7.7.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>integration-tests</artifactId>
diff --git a/jackson-serde-json/pom.xml b/jackson-serde-json/pom.xml
index 8ba5cb896..266c75c4d 100644
--- a/jackson-serde-json/pom.xml
+++ b/jackson-serde-json/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
         <artifactId>arangodb-java-driver-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>7.7.0</version>
+        <version>7.7.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>jackson-serde-json</name>
diff --git a/jackson-serde-vpack/pom.xml b/jackson-serde-vpack/pom.xml
index 26dadc49d..6e97714bf 100644
--- a/jackson-serde-vpack/pom.xml
+++ b/jackson-serde-vpack/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
         <artifactId>arangodb-java-driver-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>7.7.0</version>
+        <version>7.7.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>jackson-serde-vpack</name>
diff --git a/jsonb-serde/pom.xml b/jsonb-serde/pom.xml
index f62338e6c..f598e51b8 100644
--- a/jsonb-serde/pom.xml
+++ b/jsonb-serde/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
         <artifactId>arangodb-java-driver-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>7.7.0</version>
+        <version>7.7.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>jsonb-serde</name>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bcce171e8..24b93ae53 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
     <artifactId>arangodb-java-driver-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>7.7.0</version>
+    <version>7.7.1</version>
     <inceptionYear>2016</inceptionYear>
     <modules>
         <module>core</module>
diff --git a/resilience-tests/pom.xml b/resilience-tests/pom.xml
index 1f7078d0e..b899d03f5 100644
--- a/resilience-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/resilience-tests/pom.xml
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <parent>
-        <artifactId>arangodb-java-driver-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
-        <version>7.7.0</version>
+        <artifactId>arangodb-java-driver-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>7.7.1</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/shaded/pom.xml b/shaded/pom.xml
index ecaa6f69d..c3a735a25 100644
--- a/shaded/pom.xml
+++ b/shaded/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
         <artifactId>arangodb-java-driver-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>7.7.0</version>
+        <version>7.7.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>arangodb-java-driver-shaded</name>
diff --git a/tutorial/gradle/build.gradle b/tutorial/gradle/build.gradle
index dd192cd62..6846c2d01 100644
--- a/tutorial/gradle/build.gradle
+++ b/tutorial/gradle/build.gradle
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation 'com.arangodb:arangodb-java-driver:7.7.0'
+    implementation 'com.arangodb:arangodb-java-driver:7.7.1'
 }
diff --git a/tutorial/maven/pom.xml b/tutorial/maven/pom.xml
index 3bc860363..e281f4339 100644
--- a/tutorial/maven/pom.xml
+++ b/tutorial/maven/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
             <artifactId>arangodb-java-driver</artifactId>
-            <version>7.7.0</version>
+            <version>7.7.1</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/vst/pom.xml b/vst/pom.xml
index 647f59149..553654456 100644
--- a/vst/pom.xml
+++ b/vst/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
         <artifactId>arangodb-java-driver-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>7.7.0</version>
+        <version>7.7.1</version>
     </parent>
 
     <name>vst-protocol</name>