diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 06382c70b..c18b4f0f5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 <!--next-version-placeholder-->
 
+## v2.7.9 (2023-11-07)
+
+### Other
+
+* Add condor startd hold expressions ([#366](https://github.com/WIPACrepo/iceprod/issues/366)) ([`bb37ad4`](https://github.com/WIPACrepo/iceprod/commit/bb37ad4a2a63dcebf5d763d337786627b4a1b770))
+
 ## v2.7.8 (2023-10-11)
 
 ### Other
diff --git a/iceprod/__init__.py b/iceprod/__init__.py
index f259e3798..5c1690319 100644
--- a/iceprod/__init__.py
+++ b/iceprod/__init__.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # is zero for an official release, positive for a development branch,
 # or negative for a release candidate or beta (after the base version
 # number has been incremented)
-__version__ = "2.7.8"
+__version__ = "2.7.9"
 version_info = (
     int(__version__.split(".")[0]),
     int(__version__.split(".")[1]),