diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index efe55911e6..56d67d491c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+### v0.77.9
+###### CloudFormation Specifications
+- Fix an issue with SSM patching (pull #[2765](https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cfn-lint/pull/2765))
+
 ### v0.77.8
 ###### CloudFormation Specifications
 - Update CloudFormation specs to `126.0.0` (pull #[2753](https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cfn-lint/pull/2753))
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c7d798a175..7ebfc8fc00 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ If you'd like cfn-lint to be run automatically when making changes to files in y
 ```yaml
 repos:
 - repo: https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cfn-lint
-  rev: v0.77.8  # The version of cfn-lint to use
+  rev: v0.77.9  # The version of cfn-lint to use
   hooks:
     - id: cfn-lint
       files: path/to/cfn/dir/.*\.(json|yml|yaml)$
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ If you are using a `.cfnlintrc` and specifying the `templates` or `ignore_templa
 ```yaml
 repos:
 - repo: https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cfn-lint
-  rev: v0.77.8 # The version of cfn-lint to use
+  rev: v0.77.9  # The version of cfn-lint to use
   hooks:
     - id: cfn-lint-rc
 ```
diff --git a/src/cfnlint/version.py b/src/cfnlint/version.py
index b92d9dc4ae..2df857c0cf 100644
--- a/src/cfnlint/version.py
+++ b/src/cfnlint/version.py
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.77.8"
+__version__ = "0.77.9"