diff --git a/.vscode/extensions.json b/.vscode/extensions.json
index b1c93b8d2..fda194ca5 100644
--- a/.vscode/extensions.json
+++ b/.vscode/extensions.json
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
         "aaron-bond.better-comments",
         "ambar.bundle-size",
         "dbaeumer.vscode-eslint",
-        "file-icons.file-icons",
         "eamodio.gitlens",
         "christian-kohler.npm-intellisense",
         "christian-kohler.path-intellisense"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4e0a8130c..c6edb3ca0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ npm install @tbd54566975/web5
 _CDNs_
 
 ```yaml
-https://unpkg.com/@tbd54566975/web5@0.7.5/dist/browser.js
+https://unpkg.com/@tbd54566975/web5@0.7.7/dist/browser.js
 ```
 
 ```yaml
-https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@tbd54566975/web5@0.7.5/dist/browser.mjs
+https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@tbd54566975/web5@0.7.7/dist/browser.mjs
 ```
 
 ### Importing the SDK
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index b6da424cb..fa7cbd533 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -7757,7 +7757,7 @@
         },
         "packages/web5": {
             "name": "@tbd54566975/web5",
-            "version": "0.7.6",
+            "version": "0.7.7",
             "license": "Apache-2.0",
             "dependencies": {
                 "@decentralized-identity/ion-tools": "1.0.7",
diff --git a/packages/web5-user-agent/tests/common/web5-user-agent.spec.ts b/packages/web5-user-agent/tests/common/web5-user-agent.spec.ts
index dc15082eb..43c367d93 100644
--- a/packages/web5-user-agent/tests/common/web5-user-agent.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/web5-user-agent/tests/common/web5-user-agent.spec.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ describe('Web5UserAgent', () => {
       expect(response.reply.status).to.exist;
       expect(response.reply.entries).to.exist;
       expect(response.reply.status.code).to.equal(200);
-    }).timeout(10_000);
+    });
 
     it('handles RecordsDelete Messages', async () => {
       const { did: aliceDid } = await testAgent.createProfile({
diff --git a/packages/web5/README.md b/packages/web5/README.md
index 8dad7b6a1..85d7dfa7b 100644
--- a/packages/web5/README.md
+++ b/packages/web5/README.md
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ npm install @tbd54566975/web5
 _CDNs_
 
 ```yaml
-https://unpkg.com/@tbd54566975/web5@0.7.5/dist/browser.js
+https://unpkg.com/@tbd54566975/web5@0.7.7/dist/browser.js
 ```
 
 ```yaml
-https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@tbd54566975/web5@0.7.5/dist/browser.mjs
+https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@tbd54566975/web5@0.7.7/dist/browser.mjs
 ```
 
 ### Importing the SDK
diff --git a/packages/web5/package.json b/packages/web5/package.json
index 85d955731..12ea5b094 100644
--- a/packages/web5/package.json
+++ b/packages/web5/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@tbd54566975/web5",
-  "version": "0.7.6",
+  "version": "0.7.7",
   "description": "SDK for accessing the features and capabilities of Web5",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "./dist/cjs/main.cjs",
diff --git a/packages/web5/tests/record.spec.ts b/packages/web5/tests/record.spec.ts
index 15932c678..a7f39b54e 100644
--- a/packages/web5/tests/record.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/web5/tests/record.spec.ts
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ describe('Record', () => {
       expect(aliceRemoteQueryResult.records!.length).to.equal(1);
       const [ aliceRemoteEmailRecord ] = aliceAgentQueryResult!.records!;
       expect(await aliceRemoteEmailRecord.data.text()).to.equal(dataString);
-    }).timeout(10_000);
+    });
 
     it(`writes records to remote DWNs for someone else's DID`, async () => {
       const dataString = 'Hello, world!';
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ describe('Record', () => {
       expect(bobQueryResult.records!.length).to.equal(1);
       const [ bobRemoteEmailRecord ] = bobQueryResult!.records!;
       expect(await bobRemoteEmailRecord.data.text()).to.equal(dataString);
-    }).timeout(10_000);
+    });
 
     describe('with `store: false`', () => {
       it('writes records to your own remote DWN but not your agent DWN', async () => {
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ describe('Record', () => {
         expect(aliceRemoteQueryResult.records!.length).to.equal(1);
         const [ aliceRemoteEmailRecord ] = aliceRemoteQueryResult!.records!;
         expect(await aliceRemoteEmailRecord.data.text()).to.equal(dataString);
-      }).timeout(10_000);
+      });
 
       it(`writes records to someone else's remote DWN but not your agent DWN`, async () => {
         // Install a protocol on Alice's agent connected DWN.
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ describe('Record', () => {
         expect(bobQueryResult.records!.length).to.equal(1);
         const [ bobRemoteEmailRecord ] = bobQueryResult!.records!;
         expect(await bobRemoteEmailRecord.data.text()).to.equal(dataString);
-      }).timeout(10_000);
+      });
 
       it('has no effect if `store: true`', async () => {
         // Alice writes a message to her agent DWN with `store: true`.