diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bfc019c..c25fc6f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@
 /image-builder-74.0.0.tar.gz
 /image-builder-77.0.0.tar.gz
 /image-builder-78.0.0.tar.gz
+/image-builder-79.0.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/image-builder.spec b/image-builder.spec
index a76144b..a6bd68c 100644
--- a/image-builder.spec
+++ b/image-builder.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 %global min_osbuild_version 183
 %global goipath         github.com/osbuild/image-builder
 
-Version:        78.0.0
+Version:        79.0.0
 
 %gometa
 
@@ -303,6 +303,9 @@ cd $PWD/_build/src/%{goipath}
 %ghost %attr(0755, root, root) %dir /var/cache/image-builder
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Aug 20 2026 imagebuilder-bot <imagebuilder-bots+imagebuilder-bot@redhat.com> - 79.0.0-1
+- New upstream release
+
 * Mon Aug 10 2026 imagebuilder-bot <imagebuilder-bots+imagebuilder-bot@redhat.com> - 78.0.0-1
 - New upstream release
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 4476ba1..500fa57 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (image-builder-78.0.0.tar.gz) = fff30db65c9c999a87d4358a412c7de61348e51cac1560e430eb519cb12e331c4becaeed3932ae7e85fee763fc4b30930ec3ae225d12b43c1c4d9ca72fc12f58
+SHA512 (image-builder-79.0.0.tar.gz) = 9cba6d6483d443cba91c47e37321546d70c669544e10acf6c49a21a8afdc182f101178c5872a1f1dd7f8b0ffeea078890abb9b28a3eec48e7333d4bf47c9966c