diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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-main
------
-
-* Refactoring `BatchDatabase` API
-
-  - The batch API is deprecated since ArangoDB 3.8.0 and will be removed in a future version.
-  - The `BatchDatabase` is still available, but it now uses a `TreadPoolExecutor` internally.
-  - For backwards compatibility, the `BatchDatabase` uses only one worker thread, essentially
-    sending the requests sequentially. Feel free to set the `max_workers` parameter to a higher
-    value if you want to use multiple threads, but be aware that the requests will be sent in
-    parallel, which may cause problems if you are using transactions.
-  - To discourage the use of this API, we now issue a warning when the `BatchDatabase` is used.
-
-  Note that `{"foo": "bar"}` may be inserted after `{"foo": "baz"}` in the following example:
-  ```python
-  with db.begin_batch_execution(max_workers=2) as batch_db:
-      job1 = batch_db.collection.insert({"foo": "bar"})
-      job2 = batch_db.collection.insert({"foo": "baz"})
-  ```
-
-7.6.2
------
-
-* Fix: build_filter_conditions utils method
-
-7.6.1
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-
-* [DE-542] Added `shards()` method to `Collection` by @apetenchea in https://github.com/ArangoDB-Community/python-arango/pull/274
-* [DE-584] Refactor deprecated `/_api/simple` methods by @aMahanna in https://github.com/ArangoDB-Community/python-arango/pull/275
-* Added `raise_on_document_error` parameter to `Collection.update_many()` by @aMahanna in https://github.com/ArangoDB-Community/python-arango/pull/273
-* Added `computed_values` parameter to `Collection.onfigure()` by @aMahanna in https://github.com/ArangoDB-Community/python-arango/pull/268
-* Various bug fixes
-
-7.6.0
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-
-* [DE-562] Index Cache Refilling by @apetenchea in https://github.com/ArangoDB-Community/python-arango/pull/259
-
-* [DE-554] `serverId` query param (GET/PUT `/_admin/log/level`) by @aMahanna in https://github.com/ArangoDB-Community/python-arango/pull/262
-
-* [DE-545] UTF-8 names by @apetenchea in https://github.com/ArangoDB-Community/python-arango/pull/260
-
-* [DE-566] geo_s2 analyzer test case by @aMahanna in https://github.com/ArangoDB-Community/python-arango/pull/263
-
-* Fix python-arango Client (de)serialization by @geenen124 in https://github.com/ArangoDB-Community/python-arango/pull/264
-
-* Fix `request_timeout` typing by @aMahanna in https://github.com/ArangoDB-Community/python-arango/pull/265
-
-* Added new per-operation option `refillIndexCache` to write operations:
-
-  - single-document write operations (insert, replace, update, delete)
-  - multi-document write operations (insert_many, replace_many, update_many, delete_many)
-
-  If the option is set to `True`, new entries are added to in-memory index caches if
-  document operations affect the edge index or cache-enabled persistent indexes. Every
-  currently running transaction will keep track of which in-memory index cache entries
-  were invalidated by the transaction, and will try to (re-)fill them later.
-
-  Example:
-  ```python
-  collection.insert({"foo": "bar"}, refillIndexCaches=True)
-  db.aql.execute("INSERT {foo: bar} INTO collection OPTIONS { refillIndexCaches: true }")
-  ```
-
-7.5.9
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-
-* Added cache and primaryKeyCache parameters to the inverted index API.
-
-* Added allow_retry query parameter, making it possible to retry fetching the latest batch from a cursor.
-
-* Added OverloadControlDatabase, enabling the client to react effectively to potential server overloads.
-
-* The db.version() now has a new optional parameter "details" that can be used to return additional information about
-  the server version. The default is still false, so the old behavior is preserved.
-
-* Added peak_memory_usage as a new property of AQL queries, available since ArangoDB 3.11.
-
-* The explain method of AQL queries includes the "stats" field in the returned object. Note that the REST API returns
-  it separately from the "plan" field, but for now we have to merge them together to ensure backward compatibility.
diff --git a/arango/request.py b/arango/request.py
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--- a/arango/request.py
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@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ def normalize_headers(
     if driver_flags is not None:
         for flag in driver_flags:
             flags = flags + flag + ";"
-    driver_version = "7.6.2"
+    driver_version = "7.7.0"
     driver_header = "python-arango/" + driver_version + " (" + flags + ")"
     normalized_headers: Headers = {
         "charset": "utf-8",