diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8954a60b..aa013abf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-### zeronet-conservancy 0.7.7+
+### zeronet-conservancy 0.7.8+
+
+### zeronet-conservancy 0.7.8 (2022-11-23) (110307a4198cb13cc907ae)
 maintainers: @caryoscelus
 - use archived version of .bit domain registry to avoid malicious rewrites
 - readdress .bit domains as part of their deprecation
diff --git a/src/Config.py b/src/Config.py
index 00a99263..0f9c89b8 100644
--- a/src/Config.py
+++ b/src/Config.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ trackers = [
 class Config(object):
 
     def __init__(self, argv):
-        self.version = "0.7.8"
+        self.version = "0.7.8+"
         self.user_agent = "conservancy"
         # DEPRECATED ; replace with git-generated commit
         self.rev = 5037