diff --git a/dkppc/patches/gdb-7.6.1.patch b/dkppc/patches/gdb-7.7.patch
similarity index 70%
rename from dkppc/patches/gdb-7.6.1.patch
rename to dkppc/patches/gdb-7.7.patch
index 233f3d4..76da187 100644
--- a/dkppc/patches/gdb-7.6.1.patch
+++ b/dkppc/patches/gdb-7.7.patch
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-diff -Nbaur gdb-7.6.1/gdb/Makefile.in gdb-7.6.1-ppc/gdb/Makefile.in
---- gdb-7.6.1/gdb/Makefile.in	2013-04-02 18:38:43.000000000 +0100
-+++ gdb-7.6.1-ppc/gdb/Makefile.in	2013-09-06 22:32:48.000000000 +0100
-@@ -2192,10 +2192,10 @@
+diff -Nbaur gdb-7.7/gdb/Makefile.in gdb-7.7-ppc/gdb/Makefile.in
+--- gdb-7.7/gdb/Makefile.in	2014-02-06 02:21:29.000000000 +0000
++++ gdb-7.7-ppc/gdb/Makefile.in	2014-04-01 14:01:24.000000000 +0100
+@@ -2307,10 +2307,10 @@
  # Note that we put the dependencies into a .Tpo file, then move them
  # into place if the compile succeeds.  We need this because gcc does
  # not atomically write the dependency output file.
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ diff -Nbaur gdb-7.6.1/gdb/Makefile.in gdb-7.6.1-ppc/gdb/Makefile.in
  @GMAKE_TRUE@else
  @GMAKE_TRUE@override COMPILE.pre = source='$<' object='$@' libtool=no \
  @GMAKE_TRUE@	DEPDIR=$(DEPDIR) $(DEPMODE) $(depcomp) $(CC)
-diff -Nbaur gdb-7.6.1/sim/ppc/Makefile.in gdb-7.6.1-ppc/sim/ppc/Makefile.in
---- gdb-7.6.1/sim/ppc/Makefile.in	2012-12-19 07:18:20.000000000 +0000
-+++ gdb-7.6.1-ppc/sim/ppc/Makefile.in	2013-09-06 22:32:48.000000000 +0100
-@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@
+diff -Nbaur gdb-7.7/sim/ppc/Makefile.in gdb-7.7-ppc/sim/ppc/Makefile.in
+--- gdb-7.7/sim/ppc/Makefile.in	2013-12-08 04:55:48.000000000 +0000
++++ gdb-7.7-ppc/sim/ppc/Makefile.in	2014-04-01 14:01:24.000000000 +0100
+@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@
  PACKAGE_OBJ = @sim_pk_obj@
  
  
diff --git a/select_toolchain.sh b/select_toolchain.sh
index a63cd70..8a784e8 100755
--- a/select_toolchain.sh
+++ b/select_toolchain.sh
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ case "$VERSION" in
     GCC_VER=4.8.1
     BINUTILS_VER=2.23.1
     NEWLIB_VER=2.0.0
-    GDB_VER=7.6.1
+    GDB_VER=7.7
     basedir='dkppc'
     package=devkitPPC
     target=powerpc-eabi