diff --git a/docs/processes/release/tasks/versions.md b/docs/processes/release/tasks/versions.md
index 23f0ea94069..454c6b3ace4 100644
--- a/docs/processes/release/tasks/versions.md
+++ b/docs/processes/release/tasks/versions.md
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ The command requires a version number string that follows the typical Java / Mav
 6. cldr-to-icu build tool has a dependency on the icu4j packages which needs to be updated in [`tools/cldr/cldr-to-icu/pom.xml`](https://github.com/unicode-org/icu/blob/main/tools/cldr/cldr-to-icu/pom.xml). Please update it to match the version that was updated in `icu4j/pom.xml` in the steps above.
 
 ```xml
-version>74.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+<version>74.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 ```
 
 Since ICU 77 this moved to a property:
diff --git a/icu4j/demos/pom.xml b/icu4j/demos/pom.xml
index 74b8a1b82be..eb3883db7ba 100644
--- a/icu4j/demos/pom.xml
+++ b/icu4j/demos/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.ibm.icu</groupId>
     <artifactId>icu4j-root</artifactId>
-    <version>77.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>77.1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>demos</artifactId>
diff --git a/icu4j/main/charset/pom.xml b/icu4j/main/charset/pom.xml
index 73d8ad1fdc4..e06a3a1a580 100644
--- a/icu4j/main/charset/pom.xml
+++ b/icu4j/main/charset/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.ibm.icu</groupId>
     <artifactId>icu4j-root</artifactId>
-    <version>77.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>77.1</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/icu4j/main/collate/pom.xml b/icu4j/main/collate/pom.xml
index 63db7aee865..56abb848fbe 100644
--- a/icu4j/main/collate/pom.xml
+++ b/icu4j/main/collate/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.ibm.icu</groupId>
     <artifactId>icu4j-root</artifactId>
-    <version>77.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>77.1</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/icu4j/main/common_tests/pom.xml b/icu4j/main/common_tests/pom.xml
index 6aa7fc5b6c5..f005ec3684f 100644
--- a/icu4j/main/common_tests/pom.xml
+++ b/icu4j/main/common_tests/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.ibm.icu</groupId>
     <artifactId>icu4j-root</artifactId>
-    <version>77.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>77.1</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/icu4j/main/core/pom.xml b/icu4j/main/core/pom.xml
index d90e68dfffc..70cfc138a6e 100644
--- a/icu4j/main/core/pom.xml
+++ b/icu4j/main/core/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.ibm.icu</groupId>
     <artifactId>icu4j-root</artifactId>
-    <version>77.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>77.1</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/icu4j/main/currdata/pom.xml b/icu4j/main/currdata/pom.xml
index 8c28128ab5e..23612a79882 100644
--- a/icu4j/main/currdata/pom.xml
+++ b/icu4j/main/currdata/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.ibm.icu</groupId>
     <artifactId>icu4j-root</artifactId>
-    <version>77.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>77.1</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/icu4j/main/framework/pom.xml b/icu4j/main/framework/pom.xml
index ca769566d5b..01e88658973 100644
--- a/icu4j/main/framework/pom.xml
+++ b/icu4j/main/framework/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.ibm.icu</groupId>
     <artifactId>icu4j-root</artifactId>
-    <version>77.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>77.1</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/icu4j/main/icu4j/pom.xml b/icu4j/main/icu4j/pom.xml
index f99e73cc4d3..a99d4960138 100644
--- a/icu4j/main/icu4j/pom.xml
+++ b/icu4j/main/icu4j/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.ibm.icu</groupId>
     <artifactId>icu4j-root</artifactId>
-    <version>77.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>77.1</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/icu4j/main/langdata/pom.xml b/icu4j/main/langdata/pom.xml
index ab9dadf9837..bfe912bff8e 100644
--- a/icu4j/main/langdata/pom.xml
+++ b/icu4j/main/langdata/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.ibm.icu</groupId>
     <artifactId>icu4j-root</artifactId>
-    <version>77.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>77.1</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/icu4j/main/localespi/pom.xml b/icu4j/main/localespi/pom.xml
index 93e1b580297..55f17306767 100644
--- a/icu4j/main/localespi/pom.xml
+++ b/icu4j/main/localespi/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.ibm.icu</groupId>
     <artifactId>icu4j-root</artifactId>
-    <version>77.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>77.1</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/icu4j/main/regiondata/pom.xml b/icu4j/main/regiondata/pom.xml
index 700e3510b39..8e5e51fec9d 100644
--- a/icu4j/main/regiondata/pom.xml
+++ b/icu4j/main/regiondata/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.ibm.icu</groupId>
     <artifactId>icu4j-root</artifactId>
-    <version>77.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>77.1</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/icu4j/main/translit/pom.xml b/icu4j/main/translit/pom.xml
index 663a8243f0b..f040bce8c6e 100644
--- a/icu4j/main/translit/pom.xml
+++ b/icu4j/main/translit/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.ibm.icu</groupId>
     <artifactId>icu4j-root</artifactId>
-    <version>77.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>77.1</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/icu4j/perf-tests/pom.xml b/icu4j/perf-tests/pom.xml
index f47e93729c2..5c1d65e8cb0 100644
--- a/icu4j/perf-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/icu4j/perf-tests/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.ibm.icu</groupId>
     <artifactId>icu4j-root</artifactId>
-    <version>77.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>77.1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>perf-tests</artifactId>
diff --git a/icu4j/pom.xml b/icu4j/pom.xml
index d31686a55b6..ffdcb995b19 100644
--- a/icu4j/pom.xml
+++ b/icu4j/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
   <groupId>com.ibm.icu</groupId>
   <artifactId>icu4j-root</artifactId>
-  <version>77.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>77.1</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>${proj-title} (${project.artifactId})</name>
diff --git a/icu4j/releases_tools/shared.sh b/icu4j/releases_tools/shared.sh
index ca1cd90bddb..abb320ec49f 100755
--- a/icu4j/releases_tools/shared.sh
+++ b/icu4j/releases_tools/shared.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 export MAVEN_ARGS='--no-transfer-progress'
 
 # Version update!
-export artifact_version='77.1-SNAPSHOT'
-export github_rel_version='77rc'
+export artifact_version='77.1'
+export github_rel_version='77_1'
 export api_report_version='77'
 export api_report_prev_version='76'
 export out_dir=target
diff --git a/icu4j/samples/pom.xml b/icu4j/samples/pom.xml
index 0d9d5877454..6dee7737102 100644
--- a/icu4j/samples/pom.xml
+++ b/icu4j/samples/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.ibm.icu</groupId>
     <artifactId>icu4j-root</artifactId>
-    <version>77.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>77.1</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>samples</artifactId>
diff --git a/icu4j/tools/build/pom.xml b/icu4j/tools/build/pom.xml
index 4af9bec234a..57a078e61ff 100644
--- a/icu4j/tools/build/pom.xml
+++ b/icu4j/tools/build/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.ibm.icu</groupId>
     <artifactId>icu4j-root</artifactId>
-    <version>77.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>77.1</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/icu4j/tools/misc/pom.xml b/icu4j/tools/misc/pom.xml
index f0adec43568..b4ee188eae7 100644
--- a/icu4j/tools/misc/pom.xml
+++ b/icu4j/tools/misc/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.ibm.icu</groupId>
     <artifactId>icu4j-root</artifactId>
-    <version>77.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>77.1</version>
     <relativePath>../../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/tools/cldr/cldr-to-icu/pom.xml b/tools/cldr/cldr-to-icu/pom.xml
index 0e77ed0c8b4..93accd02f32 100644
--- a/tools/cldr/cldr-to-icu/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/cldr/cldr-to-icu/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
 
-        <icu4j.version>77.1-SNAPSHOT</icu4j.version>
+        <icu4j.version>77.1</icu4j.version>
         <cldr-code.version>47.0-SNAPSHOT</cldr-code.version>
         <guava.version>32.1.1-jre</guava.version>
         <truth.version>1.4.4</truth.version>