diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index f8d4dbd1..1de550d9 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ncmpcpp-0.7.6 (????-??-??)
+ncmpcpp-0.7.6 (2016-10-30)
 * Fixed assertion failure on trying to search backwards in an empty list.
 * Updated installation instructions in INSTALL file.
 * Make sure that stream of random numbers is not deterministic.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ede08b09..2f348ded 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AC_INIT(configure.ac)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS(config.h)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(ncmpcpp, 0.7.6_dev)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(ncmpcpp, 0.7.6)
 
 m4_include([m4/ax_lib_readline.m4])