diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 97e6da94..e47080f4 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.7.7
+current_version = 0.7.8
 commit = True
 tag = True
 parse = (?P<major>\d+)\.(?P<minor>\d+)\.(?P<patch>\d+)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b50d3753..9d8bc161 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "biochatter"
-version = "0.7.7"
+version = "0.7.8"
 description = "Backend library for conversational AI in biomedicine"
 authors = [
     "Sebastian Lobentanzer <sebastian.lobentanzer@gmail.com>",