diff --git a/docs/md/manual/releasenotes.md b/docs/md/manual/releasenotes.md
index d33de35f..04296e45 100644
--- a/docs/md/manual/releasenotes.md
+++ b/docs/md/manual/releasenotes.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## Version 7.6.1
+
+### Bugfixes
+
+- Fix backporting default interface method parameter annotations. (#451)
+- Prevent `Value in slot <n> is empty` exception during processing time by no longer applying lower slot replacement by default. It can be enabled again with the `optimization.enable.slot.replacement` system property.
+
 ## Version 7.6
 
 ### Java support
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index b91c8db0..be090499 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 proguardVersion = 7.6.1
 
 # The version of ProGuardCORE that sub-projects are built with
-proguardCoreVersion = 9.1.6
+proguardCoreVersion = 9.1.7
 gsonVersion = 2.11.0
 kotlinVersion = 2.1.0
 target = 1.8