diff --git a/CHANGES.markdown b/CHANGES.markdown
--- a/CHANGES.markdown
+++ b/CHANGES.markdown
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## Changes in 2.7.10
+  - Add a new formatter (can be used with `--format checks`)
+  - Add `exampleStarted` to `Formatter` API
+
 ## Changes in 2.7.9
   - Re-export `aroundAll` and `aroundAllWith` in `Test.Hspec`
 
diff --git a/hspec.cabal b/hspec.cabal
--- a/hspec.cabal
+++ b/hspec.cabal
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 cabal-version: 1.12
 
--- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.34.3.
+-- This file has been generated from package.yaml by hpack version 0.34.4.
 --
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 
 name:             hspec
-version:          2.7.9
+version:          2.7.10
 license:          MIT
 license-file:     LICENSE
 copyright:        (c) 2011-2021 Simon Hengel,
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@
   build-depends:
       QuickCheck >=2.12
     , base ==4.*
-    , hspec-core ==2.7.9
-    , hspec-discover ==2.7.9
+    , hspec-core ==2.7.10
+    , hspec-discover ==2.7.10
     , hspec-expectations ==0.8.2.*
   exposed-modules:
       Test.Hspec
diff --git a/version.yaml b/version.yaml
--- a/version.yaml
+++ b/version.yaml
@@ -1,1 +1,1 @@
-&version 2.7.9
+&version 2.7.10