From b52b43fa5d4a24b12b104e2d4f89d5c0aa33dddd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Parker <danielaparker@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 11:36:12 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Release 0.177.0

---
 .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md |  2 +-
 CHANGELOG.md                         | 14 +++++++++++++-
 include/jsoncons/config/version.hpp  |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
index dd0bae891..ed2c0eb09 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@ assignees: ''
 
 **What jsoncons library version?**
 
- - [ ] Latest release 0.176.0
+ - [ ] Latest release 0.177.0
  - [ ] Other release ______
  - [ ] master
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b97a9095d..2f7650b76 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,8 +1,20 @@
-master
+0.177.0
 -------
 
+Changes
+
 - Removed deprecated functions and type names identified in #487
 
+- Reduced the size of some initial `json_parser` allocations to help with #531
+
+Defect fixes
+
+- Fixed #530 by making `jmespath_expression::evaluate` const
+
+- Fixed #488 related to some standard libraries that don't support strings with stateful allocators.
+
+- Fixed issue identified in PR #532 with `basic_json::compare` function
+
 0.176.0 
 -------
 
diff --git a/include/jsoncons/config/version.hpp b/include/jsoncons/config/version.hpp
index b10a674e3..5ec8c5eda 100644
--- a/include/jsoncons/config/version.hpp
+++ b/include/jsoncons/config/version.hpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include <iostream>
     
 #define JSONCONS_VERSION_MAJOR 0
-#define JSONCONS_VERSION_MINOR 176
+#define JSONCONS_VERSION_MINOR 177
 #define JSONCONS_VERSION_PATCH 0
 
 namespace jsoncons {