diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index a9ea16fe..cdc59877 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.17.6"
+  ".": "1.17.7"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c40529eb..cfe74ccc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Release History
 
+### 1.17.7 (2026-10-23)
+
+#### Documentation
+
+* link to the published Ruby version support policy ([#605](https://github.com/googleapis/google-auth-library-ruby/issues/605)) 
+
 ### 1.17.6 (2026-10-14)
 
 #### Documentation
diff --git a/lib/googleauth/version.rb b/lib/googleauth/version.rb
index bc32ff4d..c8a701a3 100644
--- a/lib/googleauth/version.rb
+++ b/lib/googleauth/version.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ module Google
   # Module Auth provides classes that provide Google-specific authorization
   # used to access Google APIs.
   module Auth
-    VERSION = "1.17.6".freeze
+    VERSION = "1.17.7".freeze
   end
 end