diff --git a/Projects/AnalysisBase/externals.txt b/Projects/AnalysisBase/externals.txt
index e6c276c989624ea3227cb1c9b30ecb7d94a30ba0..042f340bf18b8af525eeaecc7d293a0ff82af286 100644
--- a/Projects/AnalysisBase/externals.txt
+++ b/Projects/AnalysisBase/externals.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 # forbidden.
 
 # The version of atlas/atlasexternals to use:
-AnalysisBaseExternalsVersion = 2.0.77
+AnalysisBaseExternalsVersion = 2.0.78
diff --git a/Projects/AthDataQuality/externals.txt b/Projects/AthDataQuality/externals.txt
index 1479e8bf5f12a6d898b9d227414390fc6e7c7a61..d94fd24c8789a0c18e1805194484772a1ec2be21 100644
--- a/Projects/AthDataQuality/externals.txt
+++ b/Projects/AthDataQuality/externals.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 # an "origin/" prefix before it. For tags however this is explicitly
 # forbidden.
 
-AtlasExternalsVersion = 2.0.77
+AtlasExternalsVersion = 2.0.78
diff --git a/Projects/AthGeneration/externals.txt b/Projects/AthGeneration/externals.txt
index 523826ba6f852c318f977609dc6726b35af798be..9e3fc448673e196c76123f63660a76eb7c81e22d 100644
--- a/Projects/AthGeneration/externals.txt
+++ b/Projects/AthGeneration/externals.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # forbidden.
 
 # The version of atlas/atlasexternals to use:
-AthGenerationExternalsVersion = 2.0.77
+AthGenerationExternalsVersion = 2.0.78
 
 # The version of atlas/Gaudi to use:
 GaudiVersion = v34r0.004
diff --git a/Projects/AthSimulation/externals.txt b/Projects/AthSimulation/externals.txt
index c55ec4ebba961e4a425292df911ccf655fe86f59..cc1aa0a4b08c847adeea2bd5f11f4035b750cc5a 100644
--- a/Projects/AthSimulation/externals.txt
+++ b/Projects/AthSimulation/externals.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # forbidden.
 
 # The version of atlas/atlasexternals to use:
-AthSimulationExternalsVersion = 2.0.77
+AthSimulationExternalsVersion = 2.0.78
 
 # The version of atlas/Gaudi to use:
 GaudiVersion = v34r0.004
diff --git a/Projects/Athena/externals.txt b/Projects/Athena/externals.txt
index 16b150ed4be372b2eda0c947224c18cac32057be..7955b584ecacbf2f3a4b1c076dd37ae7af813849 100644
--- a/Projects/Athena/externals.txt
+++ b/Projects/Athena/externals.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # forbidden.
 
 # The version of atlas/atlasexternals to use:
-AthenaExternalsVersion = 2.0.77
+AthenaExternalsVersion = 2.0.78
 
 # The version of atlas/Gaudi to use:
 GaudiVersion = v34r0.004
diff --git a/Projects/VP1Light/externals.txt b/Projects/VP1Light/externals.txt
index e3134d942295fb748907c47ddca8fdfd33b20965..52c304c08b24d3e66e59e3e191e71fba3b576148 100644
--- a/Projects/VP1Light/externals.txt
+++ b/Projects/VP1Light/externals.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 # forbidden.
 
 # The version of atlas/atlasexternals to use:
-VP1LightExternalsVersion = 2.0.77
+VP1LightExternalsVersion = 2.0.78