diff --git a/.mailmap b/.mailmap
index 34281d429e10..0ae88823a9b3 100644
--- a/.mailmap
+++ b/.mailmap
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ haoyun <yun.hao@daocloud.io>
 Harry Zhang <harryz@hyper.sh> <harryzhang@zju.edu.cn>
 Hu Shuai <hus.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com>
 Hu Shuai <hus.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com> <hushuaiia@qq.com>
-Iceber Gu <wei.cai-nat@daocloud.io>
+Iceber Gu <wei.cai-nat@daocloud.io> <caiwei95@hotmail.com>
 Jaana Burcu Dogan <burcujdogan@gmail.com> <jbd@golang.org>
 Jess Valarezo <valarezo.jessica@gmail.com>
 Jess Valarezo <valarezo.jessica@gmail.com> <jessica.valarezo@docker.com>
diff --git a/releases/v1.7.10.toml b/releases/v1.7.10.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..740a8d0b441b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/v1.7.10.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# commit to be tagged for new release
+commit = "HEAD"
+
+# project_name is used to refer to the project in the notes
+project_name = "containerd"
+
+# github_repo is the github project, only github is currently supported
+github_repo = "containerd/containerd"
+
+# match_deps is a pattern to determine which dependencies should be included
+# as part of this release. The changelog will also include changes for these
+# dependencies based on the change in the dependency's version.
+match_deps = "^github.com/(containerd/[a-zA-Z0-9-]+)$"
+
+# previous release of this project for determining changes
+previous = "v1.7.9"
+
+# pre_release is whether to include a disclaimer about being a pre-release
+pre_release = false
+
+# preface is the description of the release which precedes the author list
+# and changelog. This description could include highlights as well as any
+# description of changes. Use markdown formatting.
+preface = """\
+The tenth patch release for containerd 1.7 contains various fixes and updates.
+### Notable Updates
+* **Enhance container image unpack client logs** ([#9379](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/9379))
+* **cri: fix using the pinned label to pin image** ([#9381](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/9381))
+* **fix: ImagePull should close http connection if there is no available data to read.** ([#9409](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/pull/9409))
+
+See the changelog for complete list of changes"""
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index 088c7f81b4d4..df55b2ff2397 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ var (
 	Package = "github.com/containerd/containerd"
 
 	// Version holds the complete version number. Filled in at linking time.
-	Version = "1.7.9+unknown"
+	Version = "1.7.10+unknown"
 
 	// Revision is filled with the VCS (e.g. git) revision being used to build
 	// the program at linking time.