diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 592409e..c2b0247 100755
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.7.8
+current_version = 0.7.9
 commit = True
 tag = False
 
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 0e8b64b..f746932 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: geneOncoX
 Type: Package
 Title: Human gene annotations for the oncology domain
-Version: 0.7.8
+Version: 0.7.9
 Date: 2023-09-12
 Authors@R: person(given = "Sigve", family = "Nakken", role = c("aut", "cre"),
              email = "sigven@ifi.uio.no",