diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index d2f0e7a..c593858 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 Changelog for package foxglove_bridge
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
+0.7.9 (2024-07-05)
+------------------
+* Fix parsing of IDL message definitions (`#313 <https://github.com/foxglove/ros-foxglove-bridge/issues/313>`_)
+* Support publishing client message as loaned message (`#314 <https://github.com/foxglove/ros-foxglove-bridge/issues/314>`_)
+* fix: remove extra ";" in websocket_server.hpp (`#311 <https://github.com/foxglove/ros-foxglove-bridge/issues/311>`_)
+* Fix rolling smoke tests crashing (`#309 <https://github.com/foxglove/ros-foxglove-bridge/issues/309>`_)
+* Contributors: Andrey Milko, Hans-Joachim Krauch
+
 0.7.8 (2024-06-11)
 ------------------
 * Fix srv definition parsing failing due to carriage return (`#303 <https://github.com/foxglove/ros-foxglove-bridge/issues/303>`_)
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 06259c4..388c513 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ if(POLICY CMP0024)
   set(CMAKE_POLICY_DEFAULT_CMP0024 NEW)
 endif()
 
-project(foxglove_bridge LANGUAGES CXX VERSION 0.7.8)
+project(foxglove_bridge LANGUAGES CXX VERSION 0.7.9)
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index b22928d..45f01ca 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <package format="3">
     <name>foxglove_bridge</name>
-    <version>0.7.8</version>
+    <version>0.7.9</version>
     <description>ROS Foxglove Bridge</description>
     <license>MIT</license>
     <url type="website">https://github.com/foxglove/ros-foxglove-bridge</url>