diff --git a/Changes.txt b/Changes.txt
index 7819429e..96000ba1 100644
--- a/Changes.txt
+++ b/Changes.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,20 @@
 @page changes Changes
 
 
+## 0.7.9 September 1 2018
+
+- Added `chart_axis_set_label_align()` function to set the alignment of chart
+  category axis labels.
+  Feature request [#186][gh_186].
+
+  [gh_186]: https://github.com/jmcnamara/libxlsxwriter/issues/186
+
+- Added `lxw_version()` function to get the library version.
+  Feature request [#194][gh_194].
+
+  [gh_194]: https://github.com/jmcnamara/libxlsxwriter/pull/194
+
+
 ## 0.7.8 August 30 2018
 
 - Added `worksheet_insert_image_buffer()` function to insert images from
diff --git a/include/xlsxwriter.h b/include/xlsxwriter.h
index e1735a0d..d3d609d7 100644
--- a/include/xlsxwriter.h
+++ b/include/xlsxwriter.h
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@
 #include "xlsxwriter/format.h"
 #include "xlsxwriter/utility.h"
 
-#define LXW_VERSION "0.7.8"
+#define LXW_VERSION "0.7.9"
 
 #endif /* __LXW_XLSXWRITER_H__ */
diff --git a/libxlsxwriter.podspec b/libxlsxwriter.podspec
index 9c818398..e36f88f7 100644
--- a/libxlsxwriter.podspec
+++ b/libxlsxwriter.podspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.name                  = "libxlsxwriter"
-  s.version               = "0.7.8"
+  s.version               = "0.7.9"
   s.summary               = "Libxlsxwriter: A C library for creating Excel XLSX files."
   s.ios.deployment_target = "6.0"
   s.osx.deployment_target = "10.8"