diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 091282276..e00e1d55e 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ Summary of important user-visible changes for BioPerl
 -----------------------------------------------------
 
 {{$NEXT}}
+
+1.7.8     2021-02-02 23:02:18-06:00 America/Chicago
     * Bio::SeqIO::interpro has been moved to a separate repository to
       deal with issues with XML::DOM::XPath bitrot [#347]
     * Pull requests:
diff --git a/dist.ini b/dist.ini
index 023c2f9a8..5f6cda3e0 100644
--- a/dist.ini
+++ b/dist.ini
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name = BioPerl
-version = 1.7.7
+version = 1.7.8
 author = See individual modules
 copyright_holder = See individual modules
 license = Perl_5