diff --git a/genshi/__init__.py b/genshi/__init__.py
index e41fa40..50828d4 100644
--- a/genshi/__init__.py
+++ b/genshi/__init__.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 """
 
 __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
-__version__ = '0.7.7'
+__version__ = '0.7.8'
 
 from genshi.core import *
 from genshi.input import ParseError, XML, HTML
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 13848d8..adb558c 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = Genshi
-version = 0.7.7
+version = 0.7.8
 description = A toolkit for generation of output for the web
 long_description =
     Genshi is a Python library that provides an integrated set of