diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 7b52f594e..1b9090032 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 This is the changelog file for the POCO C++ Libraries.
 
-Release 1.7.8p4 (2017-08-11)
+Release 1.7.9 (2017-08-14)
 ============================
 
 - fixed GH #1813: xmlparse.cpp doesn't compile in WinCE (poco 1.7.8p3)
diff --git a/DLLVersion.rc b/DLLVersion.rc
index 2aeba2c2e..5d1a82f1e 100644
--- a/DLLVersion.rc
+++ b/DLLVersion.rc
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 #include "winres.h"
 
-#define POCO_VERSION 1,7,8,4
-#define POCO_VERSION_STR "1.7.8p4"
+#define POCO_VERSION 1,7,9,0
+#define POCO_VERSION_STR "1.7.9"
 
 VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
  FILEVERSION POCO_VERSION
diff --git a/Foundation/include/Poco/Version.h b/Foundation/include/Poco/Version.h
index 6e36b0cfa..31ec19514 100644
--- a/Foundation/include/Poco/Version.h
+++ b/Foundation/include/Poco/Version.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 //      Ax: alpha releases
 //      Bx: beta releases
 //
-#define POCO_VERSION 0x01070804
+#define POCO_VERSION 0x01070900
 
 
 #endif // Foundation_Version_INCLUDED
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 6c4f46345..f65dc1e21 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.7.8p4
+1.7.9
diff --git a/doc/99100-ReleaseNotes.page b/doc/99100-ReleaseNotes.page
index 544d2a6cf..8e7a30fc9 100644
--- a/doc/99100-ReleaseNotes.page
+++ b/doc/99100-ReleaseNotes.page
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 POCO C++ Libraries Release Notes
 AAAIntroduction
 
-!!!Release 1.7.8p4
+!!!Release 1.7.9
 
   - fixed GH #1813: xmlparse.cpp doesn't compile in WinCE (poco 1.7.8p3)
   - fixed GH #1834: Visual Studio 2008 cannot find stdint.h
diff --git a/libversion b/libversion
index 21e72e8ac..95f9650f0 100644
--- a/libversion
+++ b/libversion
@@ -1 +1 @@
-48
+49