diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index a6759edb..0484dea3 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  ".": "7.8.0",
+  ".": "7.9.0",
   "ldotel": "1.1.0",
   "ldai": "0.6.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 899e097f..6ddf8f3f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to the LaunchDarkly Go SDK will be documented in this file. This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org).
 
+## [7.9.0](https://github.com/launchdarkly/go-server-sdk/compare/v7.8.0...v7.9.0) (2025-02-18)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Update minimum go version to 1.20. ([46c9694](https://github.com/launchdarkly/go-server-sdk/commit/46c9694e733356cf4d051e7b72241b0a6e330a37))
+
 ## [7.8.0](https://github.com/launchdarkly/go-server-sdk/compare/v7.7.0...v7.8.0) (2024-12-09)
 
 
diff --git a/internal/version.go b/internal/version.go
index 49e6726f..c8ec488c 100644
--- a/internal/version.go
+++ b/internal/version.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 package internal
 
 // SDKVersion is the current version string of the SDK. This is updated by our release scripts.
-const SDKVersion = "7.8.0" // {{ x-release-please-version }}
+const SDKVersion = "7.9.0" // {{ x-release-please-version }}