diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 6077c419ef..7bea5ef81b 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
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@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-06-11  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
+
+	GDB 7.8 branch created (173373c6f6388171d1d62a217fae90a052395be2):
+	* version.in: Bump version to 7.8.50.DATE-cvs.
+
 2014-06-11  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>
 
 	PR remote/17028
diff --git a/gdb/version.in b/gdb/version.in
index 3939d5574a..0cff477a02 100644
--- a/gdb/version.in
+++ b/gdb/version.in
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7.7.50.DATE-cvs
+7.8.50.DATE-cvs