diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 90128d65..c5886449 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+## 0.7.7-pre
+
 ## 0.7.6
 
 ### Fixes
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index c97cd478..0a646d85 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ts-protoc-gen",
-  "version": "0.7.6",
+  "version": "0.7.7-pre",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 846d48ee..cf0b2ac6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ts-protoc-gen",
-  "version": "0.7.6",
+  "version": "0.7.7-pre",
   "description": "Protoc Plugin for TypeScript Declarations and Service Definitions",
   "scripts": {
     "lint": "tslint -c tslint.json 'test/**/*.ts' 'src/**/*.ts'",