diff --git a/dev.yml b/dev.yml
index bf47412b63c3e98f7d2ddfd37dd909dd81680a8b..9c692e37f167545d66af28c87c7c6fea1811088a 100644
--- a/dev.yml
+++ b/dev.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ dependencies:
 
   # beat dependencies matching release.cfg
   - beat.core=1.10.3
-  - beat.backend.python=1.7.6
+  - beat.backend.python=1.7.7
   - beat.cmdline=1.7.1
 
   # requirements.txt, they are indirectly pinned through the above
diff --git a/release.cfg b/release.cfg
index 914cafa1bb69e204fe651a5cad448603d9458918..651917daf05dcb86c8725c34ae63522dd18c297e 100644
--- a/release.cfg
+++ b/release.cfg
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ interpreter = python
 [sources]
 beat.core = git https://gitlab.idiap.ch/beat/beat.core.git rev=v1.10.3
 beat.cmdline = git https://gitlab.idiap.ch/beat/beat.cmdline.git rev=v1.7.1
-beat.backend.python = git https://gitlab.idiap.ch/beat/beat.backend.python.git rev=v1.7.6
+beat.backend.python = git https://gitlab.idiap.ch/beat/beat.backend.python.git rev=v1.7.7
 
 [uwsgi]
 recipe = buildout.recipe.uwsgi