diff --git a/CHANGES/v2.7.md b/CHANGES/v2.7.md
index 20f819c6ad..f636e39fa8 100644
--- a/CHANGES/v2.7.md
+++ b/CHANGES/v2.7.md
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ For developers:
 - GROMACS patches now take a note of the used PLUMED version in the GROMACS log (see \issue{737})
 - GROMACS 2021 patch renamed to 2021.4 for consistency.
 
-## Version 2.7.4
+## Version 2.7.4 (Feb 22, 2022)
 
 - Includes all fixes up to 2.6.6
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 48e26cd702..b609c01d05 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 # (this is same as gromacs)
 # Notice that "plumed info --version" will return only 2.X
 # and "plumed info --long-version" will return the full string
-2.7.3
+2.7.4