diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2aeea39..272dc99 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,3 +26,4 @@
 /libopenmpt-0.7.3+release.autotools.tar.gz
 /libopenmpt-0.7.6+release.autotools.tar.gz
 /libopenmpt-0.7.8+release.autotools.tar.gz
+/libopenmpt-0.7.9+release.autotools.tar.gz
diff --git a/libopenmpt.spec b/libopenmpt.spec
index 2ba1ce0..04e369f 100644
--- a/libopenmpt.spec
+++ b/libopenmpt.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name: libopenmpt
-Version: 0.7.8
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Version: 0.7.9
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 
 %global tar_root %{name}-%{version}+release.autotools
 
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ chrpath --delete ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_bindir}/openmpt123
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sun Jul 21 2024 Michael Schwendt <mschwendt@fedoraproject.org> - 0.7.9-1
+- update to 0.7.9
+
 * Thu Jul 18 2024 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 0.7.8-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_41_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 4f948f7..c221e23 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (libopenmpt-0.7.8+release.autotools.tar.gz) = ebfb2b87df46d3567130d4e4f477dbc1baa5e9dc4ae8af8add619771f71b3686332da3c22f7947403aa7078f38fae00a50a0381ef895fb0e7610120b5330f0d2
+SHA512 (libopenmpt-0.7.9+release.autotools.tar.gz) = e0928d3dc439c3ed7296b97dc8b8e255db22bfd91fd3bc73d0bdca8262a5cb26dff0ba89e508a4443ebe34c34fc880b202a758a11fde31b75e1ebd5725819414