diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0224ee5e3..04bc00038 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 # Change Log
 
-<!-- latest_release 16.7.6 -->
-## [v16.7.6](https://github.com/chef/ohai/tree/v16.7.6) (2020-10-30)
+<!-- latest_release 16.7.7 -->
+## [v16.7.7](https://github.com/chef/ohai/tree/v16.7.7) (2020-10-30)
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
-- Gather zpool disks even if zpools uses disk labels/guids [#1547](https://github.com/chef/ohai/pull/1547) ([tas50](https://github.com/tas50))
+- Split on strings intead of regex for 3x speedup [#1550](https://github.com/chef/ohai/pull/1550) ([tas50](https://github.com/tas50))
 <!-- latest_release -->
 
 <!-- release_rollup since=16.6.5 -->
 ### Changes not yet released to rubygems.org
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
+- Split on strings intead of regex for 3x speedup [#1550](https://github.com/chef/ohai/pull/1550) ([tas50](https://github.com/tas50)) <!-- 16.7.7 -->
 - Gather zpool disks even if zpools uses disk labels/guids [#1547](https://github.com/chef/ohai/pull/1547) ([tas50](https://github.com/tas50)) <!-- 16.7.6 -->
 - Simplify regexes by removing extra character classes [#1548](https://github.com/chef/ohai/pull/1548) ([tas50](https://github.com/tas50)) <!-- 16.7.5 -->
 - Properly detect OpenIndiana and its version numbers [#1545](https://github.com/chef/ohai/pull/1545) ([tas50](https://github.com/tas50)) <!-- 16.7.4 -->
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 5f940b37f..86f06cb35 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-16.7.6
\ No newline at end of file
+16.7.7
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/ohai/version.rb b/lib/ohai/version.rb
index 37bdd108b..e82f683aa 100644
--- a/lib/ohai/version.rb
+++ b/lib/ohai/version.rb
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@
 
 module Ohai
   OHAI_ROOT = File.expand_path(__dir__)
-  VERSION = "16.7.6".freeze
+  VERSION = "16.7.7".freeze
 end