diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e94d63cf07ad..bcd5aa00a0e1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,19 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-core/tree/HEAD)
 
-[Full Changelog](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-core/compare/V0.0.8a76...HEAD)
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-core/compare/V0.0.8a77...HEAD)
+
+**Fixed bugs:**
+
+- unittests: update tests [\#421](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-core/pull/421) ([JarbasAl](https://github.com/JarbasAl))
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- unittests: OCP pipeline [\#422](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-core/pull/422) ([JarbasAl](https://github.com/JarbasAl))
+
+## [V0.0.8a77](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-core/tree/V0.0.8a77) (2024-02-24)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-core/compare/V0.0.8a76...V0.0.8a77)
 
 **Merged pull requests:**
 
@@ -642,10 +654,6 @@
 
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-core/compare/V0.0.8a1...V0.0.8a2)
 
-**Closed issues:**
-
-- Add padatious to extra-skills.txt [\#299](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-core/issues/299)
-
 **Merged pull requests:**
 
 - mycroft-bus-client -\> ovos-bus-client [\#300](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-core/pull/300) ([JarbasAl](https://github.com/JarbasAl))
@@ -654,10 +662,6 @@
 
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-core/compare/V0.0.7...V0.0.8a1)
 
-**Merged pull requests:**
-
-- Adds easy input box support for skill [\#298](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-core/pull/298) ([AIIX](https://github.com/AIIX))
-
 ## [V0.0.7](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-core/tree/V0.0.7) (2023-03-14)
 
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-core/compare/V0.0.7a15...V0.0.7)
diff --git a/ovos_core/version.py b/ovos_core/version.py
index 376ad3243d26..7a8966375767 100644
--- a/ovos_core/version.py
+++ b/ovos_core/version.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 OVOS_VERSION_MAJOR = 0
 OVOS_VERSION_MINOR = 0
 OVOS_VERSION_BUILD = 8
-OVOS_VERSION_ALPHA = 77
+OVOS_VERSION_ALPHA = 78
 
 # END_VERSION_BLOCK