diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index fd0abde5e..a9ee05c98 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -2,23 +2,26 @@ curl and libcurl 7.77.0
 
  Public curl releases:         200
  Command line options:         242
- curl_easy_setopt() options:   288
+ curl_easy_setopt() options:   290
  Public functions in libcurl:  85
- Contributors:                 2383
+ Contributors:                 2397
 
 This release includes the following changes:
 
+ o configure: make the TLS library choice(s) explicit [3]
  o curl: ignore options asking for SSLv2 or SSLv3 [10]
  o hsts: enable by default [8]
+ o SSL: support in-memory CA certs for some backends [85]
  o vtls: refuse setting any SSL version [9]
 
 This release includes the following bugfixes:
 
+ o build: fix compilation for Windows UWP platform [82]
  o c-hyper: don't write to set.writeheader if null [67]
  o c-hyper: fix handling of zero-byte chunk from hyper [39]
  o checksrc: complain on == NULL or != 0 checks in conditions [20]
+ o cmake: check for getppid and utimes [87]
  o cmake: make libcurl output filename configurable [41]
- o configure: make the TLS library choice(s) explicit [3]
  o configure: provide --with-openssl, deprecate --with-ssl [15]
  o connect: use CURL_SA_FAMILY_T for portability [34]
  o ConnectionExists: respect requests for h1 connections better
@@ -26,6 +29,7 @@ This release includes the following bugfixes:
  o Curl_http_header: check for colon when matching Persistent-Auth [51]
  o Curl_http_input_auth: require valid separator after negotiation type [52]
  o Curl_input_digest: require space after Digest [50]
+ o curl_mprintf.3: add description [73]
  o curl_setup: provide the shutdown flags wider [33]
  o curl_url_set.3: add memory management information [38]
  o CURLcode: add CURLE_SSL_CLIENTCERT [47]
@@ -34,6 +38,9 @@ This release includes the following bugfixes:
  o docs: camelcase it like GitHub everywhere [62]
  o docs: fix typo in fail-with-body doc [63]
  o easy: ignore sigpipe in curl_easy_send [69]
+ o FILEFORMAT: mention sectransp as a feature [89]
+ o GnuTLS: don't allow TLS 1.3 for versions that don't support it [77]
+ o gnutls: make setting only the MAX TLS allowed version work [83]
  o gskit: fix CURL_DISABLE_PROXY build [57]
  o gskit: fix undefined reference to 'conn' [58]
  o http2: call the handle-closed function correctly on closed stream [37]
@@ -41,6 +48,8 @@ This release includes the following bugfixes:
  o http2: fix resource leaks in set_transfer_url() [55]
  o http2: move the stream error field to the per-transfer storage [36]
  o http: fix the check for 'Authorization' with Bearer [53]
+ o http: reset the header buffer when sending the request [61]
+ o INSTALL: add IBM i specific quirks [75]
  o krb5/name_to_level: replace checkprefix with curl_strequal [49]
  o krb5: don't use 'static' to store PBSZ size response [23]
  o krb5: remove the unused 'overhead' function [35]
@@ -49,19 +58,24 @@ This release includes the following bugfixes:
  o lib: fix some misuse of curlx_convert_UTF8_to_tchar [64]
  o libcurl-security.3: be careful of setuid [66]
  o libcurl-security.3: don't try to filter IPv4 hosts based on the URL [71]
+ o libcurl.3: mention the URL API [76]
  o libssh2: fix Value stored to 'sshp' is never read [13]
  o libssh2: ignore timeout during disconnect [45]
  o libssh: fix "empty expression statement has no effect" warnings [7]
+ o libtest: remove lib530.c [88]
  o m4: add security frameworks on Mac when compiling rustls [31]
  o multi: don't close connection HTTP_1_1_REQUIRED
  o multi: fix slow write/upload performance on Windows [27]
  o multi: reduce Win32 API calls to improve performance [28]
+ o ngtcp2: fix the cb_acked_stream_data_offset proto [46]
  o NSS: add ciphers to map [30]
  o nss_set_blocking: avoid static for sock_opt [72]
  o ntlm: precaution against super huge type2 offsets [65]
  o openldap: protect SSL-specific code with proper #ifdef [12]
+ o openldap: replace ldap_ prefix on private functions [84]
  o openssl: fix build error with OpenSSL < 1.0.2 [4]
  o os400: additional support for options metadata [24]
+ o progress: when possible, calculate transfer speeds with microseconds [48]
  o README.md: delete Codacy UTM parameters [5]
  o Revert "Revert 'multi: implement wait using winsock events'" [26]
  o rustls: only return CURLE_AGAIN when TLS session is fully drained [2]
@@ -70,13 +84,18 @@ This release includes the following bugfixes:
  o schannel: Support strong crypto option [44]
  o sectransp: allow cipher name to be specified [29]
  o sigpipe: ignore SIGPIPE when using wolfSSL as well [70]
+ o sockfilt: avoid getting stuck waiting for writable socket [80]
+ o sockfilt: fix invalid increment of handles index variable nfd [79]
  o sws: #ifdef S_IFSOCK use [32]
  o test server: take care of siginterrupt() deprecation [25]
  o tests/disable-scan.pl: also scan all m4 files [17]
+ o tests: ignore case of chunked hex numbers in tests [86]
  o tls: add USE_HTTP2 define [59]
+ o tool_getparam: handle failure of curlx_convert_tchar_to_UTF8() [78]
  o tool_getparam: replace (in-place) '%20' by '+' according to RFC1866 [14]
  o tool_operate: don't discard failed parallel transfer result [16]
  o tool_writeout: fix the HTTP_CODE json output [11]
+ o URL-SYNTAX: update IDNA section for WHATWG spec changes [74]
  o urlapi: "normalize" numerical IPv4 host names [6]
  o vauth: factor base64 conversions out of authentication procedures [22]
  o version: add gsasl_version to curl_version_info_data [43]
@@ -91,18 +110,20 @@ This release includes the following known bugs:
 This release would not have looked like this without help, code, reports and
 advice from friends like these:
 
-  Ayushman Singh Chauhan, Benjamin Riefenstahl, Blake Burkhart, Dan Fandrich,
-  Daniel Stenberg, ebejan on github, Emil Engler, Georeth Zhou, Gergely Nagy,
-  Harry Sintonen, Illarion Taev, Jacob Hoffman-Andrews, Jakub Zakrzewski,
-  Javier Blazquez, Jeroen Ooms, Johann150 on github, Jon Rumsey, Kamil Dudka,
-  Kevin Burke, Kevin R. Bulgrien, Lucas Servén Marín, MAntoniak on github,
-  Marcel Raad, Marc Hörsken, Martin Halle, Max Dymond, Michael Kolechkin,
-  Michał Antoniak, Michal Rus, Morten Minde Neergaard, Patrick Monnerat,
-  Pontus Lundkvist, Ralph Langendam, Ray Satiro, rcombs on github,
-  Rich FitzJohn, sergio-nsk on github, Stefan Karpinski, Timo Lange,
-  tmkk on github, Tobias Gabriel, Tommy Odom, Tuomas Siipola, Victor Vieux,
-  Viktor Szakats, Wes Hinsley, Yusuke Nakamura,
-  (47 contributors)
+  3eka on github, Ayushman Singh Chauhan, Benjamin Riefenstahl, Blake Burkhart,
+  Calvin Buckley, Dan Fandrich, Daniel Carpenter, Daniel Stenberg, David Cook,
+  Dmitry Karpov, Dmitry Kostjuchenko, ebejan on github, Emil Engler,
+  Georeth Zhou, Gergely Nagy, Gilles Vollant, Harry Sintonen, Illarion Taev,
+  Jacob Hoffman-Andrews, Jakub Zakrzewski, Javier Blazquez, J. Bromley,
+  Jeroen Ooms, Johann150 on github, Jon Rumsey, Kamil Dudka, Kevin Burke,
+  Kevin R. Bulgrien, Lucas Servén Marín, MAntoniak on github, Marcel Raad,
+  Marc Hörsken, Martin Halle, Max Dymond, Michael Kolechkin, Michał Antoniak,
+  Michal Rus, Morten Minde Neergaard, Patrick Monnerat, Pontus Lundkvist,
+  Ralph Langendam, Ray Satiro, rcombs on github, Rich FitzJohn,
+  sergio-nsk on github, Stefan Karpinski, Timo Lange, Timothy Gu,
+  tmkk on github, Tobias Gabriel, Tommy Odom, Travis Burtrum on github,
+  Tuomas Siipola, Victor Vieux, Viktor Szakats, Wes Hinsley, Yusuke Nakamura,
+  (57 contributors)
 
 References to bug reports and discussions on issues:
 
@@ -151,7 +172,9 @@ References to bug reports and discussions on issues:
  [43] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=6843
  [44] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=6734
  [45] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=6990
+ [46] = https://curl.se/mail/lib-2021-05/0019.html
  [47] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=6721
+ [48] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=7017
  [49] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=6993
  [50] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=6993
  [51] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=6993
@@ -164,6 +187,7 @@ References to bug reports and discussions on issues:
  [58] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=6980
  [59] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=6959
  [60] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=6954
+ [61] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=7018
  [62] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=6979
  [63] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=6977
  [64] = https://github.com/curl/curl/pull/6602#issuecomment-825236763
@@ -175,3 +199,19 @@ References to bug reports and discussions on issues:
  [70] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=6966
  [71] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=6942
  [72] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=6945
+ [73] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=7010
+ [74] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=7026
+ [75] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=6830
+ [76] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=7009
+ [77] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=7014
+ [78] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=7023
+ [79] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=6992
+ [80] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=6992
+ [82] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=7006
+ [83] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=6998
+ [84] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=7004
+ [85] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=6662
+ [86] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=6987
+ [87] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=6997
+ [88] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=6999
+ [89] = https://curl.se/bug/?i=7001