diff --git a/nbdkit.spec b/nbdkit.spec
index 26c79c1..104c90e 100644
--- a/nbdkit.spec
+++ b/nbdkit.spec
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 %global source_directory 1.7-development
 
 Name:           nbdkit
-Version:        1.7.8
+Version:        1.7.9
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        NBD server
 
@@ -989,6 +989,9 @@ popd
 
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Nov 06 2018 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 1.7.9-1
+- New upstream version 1.7.9.
+
 * Tue Oct 30 2018 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 1.7.8-1
 - New upstream version 1.7.8.
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index f5d67a4..e96a28d 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA512 (nbdkit-1.7.8.tar.gz) = 033a071c422a49f4616ce766482f9b953c3e16fb3e0c4ad01c15d6de27577546f1cf34b222aaf6850085503b330223c6fc323e168b5edf84dcccb6a101faaaaf
-SHA512 (nbdkit-1.7.8.tar.gz.sig) = ac7bef8d18bd5a57e34cbd7490558d7feff1d97710bb17acb1a020e44b4ab96966644ea7d0b3eb3e7e4b31c5939573a626a2964f9a2e4315c5d63b2dbd583286
+SHA512 (nbdkit-1.7.9.tar.gz) = 7dd84a1b0c5cc6ddc4545fc51ff2545c0089af62717ffc031b1acdba77f102abd48daafaf89055f8bda02b396e3cb201506b616c20e868a381e24012f6a62a3d
+SHA512 (nbdkit-1.7.9.tar.gz.sig) = e9d7ec07ff01905160a15752139dca2f2db02d175b9cc9f48b6b64b0826a258749b8b49bd8a6dab70a644244bb7da96b406c40a01310a636af03f7ea62b9f37e