diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a7c5f3d6a7d04afaf74e7cd912e83d532a41da4c..8debcdf3ee21e79d9d4b4a33c92c7ecdc2c59fd9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+1.7.10
+======
+Fixes:
+------
+* Fix package config file for `libcjson`. Thanks @shiluotang for reporting (#321)
+* Correctly split lists in `cJSON_Utils`'s merge sort. Thanks @andysCaplin for the fix (#322)
+
 1.7.9
 =====
 Fixes:
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b5c6b5b2bbc7e1f846aea62dd79da86d1ea310bb..033a88289db400c528cd5c12ec151a95b78ac6da 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
 set(PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR 1)
 set(PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR 7)
-set(PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH 9)
+set(PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH 10)
 set(CJSON_VERSION_SO 1)
 set(CJSON_UTILS_VERSION_SO 1)
 set(PROJECT_VERSION "${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH}")
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 33ecb2e61db33dcfa74bd28670d32cf800c2d541..8d64fd23b8ed4ce4e3debc17c483c6aa03fb5237 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CJSON_TEST_SRC = cJSON.c test.c
 
 LDLIBS = -lm
 
-LIBVERSION = 1.7.9
+LIBVERSION = 1.7.10
 CJSON_SOVERSION = 1
 UTILS_SOVERSION = 1
 
diff --git a/cJSON.c b/cJSON.c
index e8a62b317fe43653e9131f736ea42f47ca5a3165..74df6ec7a1d0b44f4c8b2849cdae9dcd4c6fd2a5 100644
--- a/cJSON.c
+++ b/cJSON.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ CJSON_PUBLIC(char *) cJSON_GetStringValue(cJSON *item) {
 }
 
 /* This is a safeguard to prevent copy-pasters from using incompatible C and header files */
-#if (CJSON_VERSION_MAJOR != 1) || (CJSON_VERSION_MINOR != 7) || (CJSON_VERSION_PATCH != 9)
+#if (CJSON_VERSION_MAJOR != 1) || (CJSON_VERSION_MINOR != 7) || (CJSON_VERSION_PATCH != 10)
     #error cJSON.h and cJSON.c have different versions. Make sure that both have the same.
 #endif
 
diff --git a/cJSON.h b/cJSON.h
index ec572ecb151bdd7a3221012c1ef54ee3f971ddb8..3279f6ba5d80373625992b860e78d1aba5081183 100644
--- a/cJSON.h
+++ b/cJSON.h
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ then using the CJSON_API_VISIBILITY flag to "export" the same symbols the way CJ
 /* project version */
 #define CJSON_VERSION_MAJOR 1
 #define CJSON_VERSION_MINOR 7
-#define CJSON_VERSION_PATCH 9
+#define CJSON_VERSION_PATCH 10
 
 #include <stddef.h>