diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index 2bea0e4d..893488ad 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# Release 2.7.9
+  * Fix a bug with the ordering of pubkeys in recent multisig wallets.
+    Affected wallets will regenerate their public keys when opened for
+    the first time. This bug does not affect address generation.
+  * Fix hardware wallet issues #1975, #1976
+
 # Release 2.7.8
   * Fix a bug with fee bumping
   * Fix crash when parsing request (issue #1969)
diff --git a/lib/version.py b/lib/version.py
index bd6cf991..552ac37a 100644
--- a/lib/version.py
+++ b/lib/version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ELECTRUM_VERSION = '2.7.8'  # version of the client package
+ELECTRUM_VERSION = '2.7.9'  # version of the client package
 PROTOCOL_VERSION = '0.10'   # protocol version requested
 
 # The hash of the mnemonic seed must begin with this