diff --git a/.chloggen/add-connectors-to-components-command.yaml b/.chloggen/add-connectors-to-components-command.yaml
deleted file mode 100755
index 6a7d34fca12..00000000000
--- a/.chloggen/add-connectors-to-components-command.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
-change_type: enhancement
-
-# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. otlpreceiver)
-component: otelcol
-
-# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
-note: Add connectors to output of the `components` command
-
-# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
-issues: [7809]
-
-# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
-# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
-# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
-subtext:
diff --git a/.chloggen/connectors-wrap-mutates.yaml b/.chloggen/connectors-wrap-mutates.yaml
deleted file mode 100755
index 94d2ddb530d..00000000000
--- a/.chloggen/connectors-wrap-mutates.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
-change_type: bug_fix
-
-# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. otlpreceiver)
-component: connectors
-
-# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
-note: When replicating data to connectors, consider whether the next pipeline will mutate data
-
-# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
-issues: [7776]
-
-# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
-# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
-# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
-subtext:
diff --git a/.chloggen/deprecate-get-exporters.yaml b/.chloggen/deprecate-get-exporters.yaml
deleted file mode 100755
index b26dedd7e7c..00000000000
--- a/.chloggen/deprecate-get-exporters.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
-change_type: deprecation
-
-# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. otlpreceiver)
-component: component
-
-# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
-note: Deprecate Host.GetExporters function
-
-# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
-issues: [7370]
-
-# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
-# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
-# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
-subtext:
diff --git a/.chloggen/msg_enhacement-scrape-on-start.yaml b/.chloggen/msg_enhacement-scrape-on-start.yaml
deleted file mode 100755
index a41b093543f..00000000000
--- a/.chloggen/msg_enhacement-scrape-on-start.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
-change_type: enhancement
-
-# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. otlpreceiver)
-component: scraperhelper
-
-# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
-note: Will start calling scrapers on component start.
-
-# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
-issues: [7635]
-
-# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
-# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
-# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
-subtext: |
-  The change allows scrapes to perform their initial scrape on component start
-  and provide an initial delay. This means that scrapes will be delayed by `initial_delay`
-  before first scrape and then run on `collection_interval` for each consecutive interval. 
diff --git a/.chloggen/sharder.yaml b/.chloggen/sharder.yaml
deleted file mode 100755
index a20fa89d4c4..00000000000
--- a/.chloggen/sharder.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
-change_type: enhancement
-
-# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. otlpreceiver)
-component: batchprocessor
-
-# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
-note: Change multiBatcher to use sync.Map, avoid global lock on fast path
-
-# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
-issues: [7714]
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a12e2a1de70..f75071867e0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,26 @@
 
 <!-- next version -->
 
+## v0.79.0
+
+### 🚩 Deprecations 🚩
+
+- `component`: Deprecate Host.GetExporters function (#7370)
+
+### 💡 Enhancements 💡
+
+- `otelcol`: Add connectors to output of the `components` command (#7809)
+- `scraperhelper`: Will start calling scrapers on component start. (#7635)
+  The change allows scrapes to perform their initial scrape on component start
+  and provide an initial delay. This means that scrapes will be delayed by `initial_delay`
+  before first scrape and then run on `collection_interval` for each consecutive interval. 
+  
+- `batchprocessor`: Change multiBatcher to use sync.Map, avoid global lock on fast path (#7714)
+
+### 🧰 Bug fixes 🧰
+
+- `connectors`: When replicating data to connectors, consider whether the next pipeline will mutate data (#7776)
+
 ## v0.78.2
 
 ### 🧰 Bug fixes 🧰
diff --git a/cmd/builder/internal/builder/config.go b/cmd/builder/internal/builder/config.go
index b1dafd389ba..01438c34070 100644
--- a/cmd/builder/internal/builder/config.go
+++ b/cmd/builder/internal/builder/config.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
-const defaultOtelColVersion = "0.78.2"
+const defaultOtelColVersion = "0.79.0"
 
 // ErrInvalidGoMod indicates an invalid gomod
 var ErrInvalidGoMod = errors.New("invalid gomod specification for module")
diff --git a/cmd/builder/internal/config/default.yaml b/cmd/builder/internal/config/default.yaml
index 4c7811e45f0..ffa0598f7bf 100644
--- a/cmd/builder/internal/config/default.yaml
+++ b/cmd/builder/internal/config/default.yaml
@@ -2,21 +2,21 @@ dist:
   module: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/cmd/otelcorecol
   name: otelcorecol
   description: Local OpenTelemetry Collector binary, testing only.
-  version: 0.78.2-dev
-  otelcol_version: 0.78.2
+  version: 0.79.0-dev
+  otelcol_version: 0.79.0
 
 receivers:
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/otlpreceiver v0.78.2
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/otlpreceiver v0.79.0
 exporters:
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/loggingexporter v0.78.2
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/otlpexporter v0.78.2
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/otlphttpexporter v0.78.2
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/loggingexporter v0.79.0
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/otlpexporter v0.79.0
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/otlphttpexporter v0.79.0
 extensions:
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/ballastextension v0.78.2
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/zpagesextension v0.78.2
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/ballastextension v0.79.0
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/zpagesextension v0.79.0
 processors:
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/batchprocessor v0.78.2
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/memorylimiterprocessor v0.78.2
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/batchprocessor v0.79.0
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/memorylimiterprocessor v0.79.0
 connectors:
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/connector/forwardconnector v0.78.2
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/connector/forwardconnector v0.79.0
 
diff --git a/cmd/builder/test/core.builder.yaml b/cmd/builder/test/core.builder.yaml
index f70a1b9c146..d65ea394031 100644
--- a/cmd/builder/test/core.builder.yaml
+++ b/cmd/builder/test/core.builder.yaml
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 dist:
   module: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/builder/test/core
-  otelcol_version: 0.78.2
+  otelcol_version: 0.79.0
 
 extensions:
   - import: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/zpagesextension
-    gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.78.2
+    gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.79.0
     path: ${WORKSPACE_DIR}
 
 receivers:
   - import: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/otlpreceiver
-    gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.78.2
+    gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.79.0
     path: ${WORKSPACE_DIR}
 
 exporters:
   - import: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/loggingexporter
-    gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.78.2
+    gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.79.0
     path: ${WORKSPACE_DIR}
 
 replaces:
diff --git a/cmd/otelcorecol/builder-config.yaml b/cmd/otelcorecol/builder-config.yaml
index f98dbea695c..1ef43288f9f 100644
--- a/cmd/otelcorecol/builder-config.yaml
+++ b/cmd/otelcorecol/builder-config.yaml
@@ -2,23 +2,23 @@ dist:
   module: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/cmd/otelcorecol
   name: otelcorecol
   description: Local OpenTelemetry Collector binary, testing only.
-  version: 0.78.2-dev
-  otelcol_version: 0.78.2
+  version: 0.79.0-dev
+  otelcol_version: 0.79.0
 
 receivers:
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/otlpreceiver v0.78.2
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/otlpreceiver v0.79.0
 exporters:
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/loggingexporter v0.78.2
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/otlpexporter v0.78.2
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/otlphttpexporter v0.78.2
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/loggingexporter v0.79.0
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/otlpexporter v0.79.0
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/otlphttpexporter v0.79.0
 extensions:
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/ballastextension v0.78.2
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/zpagesextension v0.78.2
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/ballastextension v0.79.0
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/zpagesextension v0.79.0
 processors:
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/batchprocessor v0.78.2
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/memorylimiterprocessor v0.78.2
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/batchprocessor v0.79.0
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/memorylimiterprocessor v0.79.0
 connectors:
-  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/connector/forwardconnector v0.78.2
+  - gomod: go.opentelemetry.io/collector/connector/forwardconnector v0.79.0
 
 replaces:
   - go.opentelemetry.io/collector => ../../
diff --git a/cmd/otelcorecol/go.mod b/cmd/otelcorecol/go.mod
index 480e8ac294f..39fdce3efce 100644
--- a/cmd/otelcorecol/go.mod
+++ b/cmd/otelcorecol/go.mod
@@ -6,19 +6,19 @@ go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/connector/forwardconnector v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/loggingexporter v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/otlpexporter v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/otlphttpexporter v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/ballastextension v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/zpagesextension v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/batchprocessor v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/memorylimiterprocessor v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/otlpreceiver v0.78.2
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/connector/forwardconnector v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/loggingexporter v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/otlpexporter v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/otlphttpexporter v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/ballastextension v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/zpagesextension v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/batchprocessor v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/processor/memorylimiterprocessor v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/otlpreceiver v0.79.0
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0
 )
 
@@ -68,11 +68,11 @@ require (
 	github.com/tklauser/numcpus v0.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/yusufpapurcu/wmi v1.2.2 // indirect
 	go.opencensus.io v0.24.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.78.2 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.78.2 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.79.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.79.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.0.0-rcv0012 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.0.0-rcv0012 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv v0.78.2 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv v0.79.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.42.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.42.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/b3 v1.17.0 // indirect
diff --git a/cmd/otelcorecol/main.go b/cmd/otelcorecol/main.go
index 80721ce7cd3..3813972f2c7 100644
--- a/cmd/otelcorecol/main.go
+++ b/cmd/otelcorecol/main.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func main() {
 	info := component.BuildInfo{
 		Command:     "otelcorecol",
 		Description: "Local OpenTelemetry Collector binary, testing only.",
-		Version:     "0.78.2-dev",
+		Version:     "0.79.0-dev",
 	}
 
 	if err := run(otelcol.CollectorSettings{BuildInfo: info, Factories: factories}); err != nil {
diff --git a/component/go.mod b/component/go.mod
index 7ccadd1033f..c94b5fcc288 100644
--- a/component/go.mod
+++ b/component/go.mod
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.78.2
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.79.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.0.0-rcv0012
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.16.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.16.0
diff --git a/connector/forwardconnector/go.mod b/connector/forwardconnector/go.mod
index 8f49e09eb36..e58012eafe0 100644
--- a/connector/forwardconnector/go.mod
+++ b/connector/forwardconnector/go.mod
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.78.2
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.79.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.0.0-rcv0012
 )
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
 	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.78.2 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.79.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.0.0-rcv0012 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.16.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.16.0 // indirect
diff --git a/consumer/go.mod b/consumer/go.mod
index 31ed689eb6f..591fc467212 100644
--- a/consumer/go.mod
+++ b/consumer/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.78.2
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.79.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.0.0-rcv0012
 )
 
diff --git a/examples/k8s/otel-config.yaml b/examples/k8s/otel-config.yaml
index de66944e2bc..61473861850 100644
--- a/examples/k8s/otel-config.yaml
+++ b/examples/k8s/otel-config.yaml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ spec:
       - command:
           - "/otelcol"
           - "--config=/conf/otel-agent-config.yaml"
-        image: otel/opentelemetry-collector:0.78.2
+        image: otel/opentelemetry-collector:0.79.0
         name: otel-agent
         resources:
           limits:
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ spec:
       - command:
           - "/otelcol"
           - "--config=/conf/otel-collector-config.yaml"
-        image: otel/opentelemetry-collector:0.78.2
+        image: otel/opentelemetry-collector:0.79.0
         name: otel-collector
         resources:
           limits:
diff --git a/exporter/go.mod b/exporter/go.mod
index 31b9c6cb76c..82a617cdd36 100644
--- a/exporter/go.mod
+++ b/exporter/go.mod
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.2.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	go.opencensus.io v0.24.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.78.2
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.79.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.0.0-rcv0012
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.16.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.16.0
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.44.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.9.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/statsd_exporter v0.22.7 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.78.2 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.79.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.0.0-rcv0012 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.78.2 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.79.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.39.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.16.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v0.39.0 // indirect
diff --git a/exporter/loggingexporter/go.mod b/exporter/loggingexporter/go.mod
index c49fd03af7f..9c3b4bd5789 100644
--- a/exporter/loggingexporter/go.mod
+++ b/exporter/loggingexporter/go.mod
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter v0.78.2
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter v0.79.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.0.0-rcv0012
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.24.0
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	go.opencensus.io v0.24.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.0.0-rcv0012 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.78.2 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.79.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.16.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.16.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.16.0 // indirect
diff --git a/exporter/otlpexporter/go.mod b/exporter/otlpexporter/go.mod
index ce1ffca947c..3a9fac52f20 100644
--- a/exporter/otlpexporter/go.mod
+++ b/exporter/otlpexporter/go.mod
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter v0.78.2
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter v0.79.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.0.0-rcv0012
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230410155749-daa745c078e1
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.55.0
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	go.opencensus.io v0.24.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.0.0-rcv0012 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.78.2 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.79.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.42.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.16.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.16.0 // indirect
diff --git a/exporter/otlphttpexporter/go.mod b/exporter/otlphttpexporter/go.mod
index 6b541f890ad..73e018066db 100644
--- a/exporter/otlphttpexporter/go.mod
+++ b/exporter/otlphttpexporter/go.mod
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter v0.78.2
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter v0.79.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.0.0-rcv0012
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/otlpreceiver v0.78.2
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver/otlpreceiver v0.79.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.24.0
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230410155749-daa745c078e1
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.55.0
diff --git a/extension/ballastextension/go.mod b/extension/ballastextension/go.mod
index ef9d8a859ec..d7ca81542f3 100644
--- a/extension/ballastextension/go.mod
+++ b/extension/ballastextension/go.mod
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.78.2
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.79.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.24.0
 )
 
diff --git a/extension/zpagesextension/go.mod b/extension/zpagesextension/go.mod
index 3be2a968b8b..6f9701b6211 100644
--- a/extension/zpagesextension/go.mod
+++ b/extension/zpagesextension/go.mod
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.78.2
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.79.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/zpages v0.42.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.16.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.16.0
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 05eb7a9a396..18983ef978e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -17,15 +17,15 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.7.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	go.opencensus.io v0.24.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/zpagesextension v0.78.2
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/extension/zpagesextension v0.79.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.0.0-rcv0012
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.0.0-rcv0012
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv v0.78.2
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv v0.79.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.42.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.42.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/propagators/b3 v1.17.0
diff --git a/processor/batchprocessor/go.mod b/processor/batchprocessor/go.mod
index 5217fdb7ec9..a97b54420d8 100644
--- a/processor/batchprocessor/go.mod
+++ b/processor/batchprocessor/go.mod
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.44.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	go.opencensus.io v0.24.0
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.78.2
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.79.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.0.0-rcv0012
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.16.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.39.0
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.9.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/statsd_exporter v0.22.7 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter v0.78.2 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter v0.79.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.0.0-rcv0012 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.78.2 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.79.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.16.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.10.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
diff --git a/processor/memorylimiterprocessor/go.mod b/processor/memorylimiterprocessor/go.mod
index ac0f487fb6f..5562bd9f823 100644
--- a/processor/memorylimiterprocessor/go.mod
+++ b/processor/memorylimiterprocessor/go.mod
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.78.2
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.79.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.0.0-rcv0012
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.24.0
 )
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/tklauser/numcpus v0.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/yusufpapurcu/wmi v1.2.2 // indirect
 	go.opencensus.io v0.24.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter v0.78.2 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter v0.79.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.0.0-rcv0012 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.78.2 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.79.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.16.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.16.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.16.0 // indirect
diff --git a/receiver/go.mod b/receiver/go.mod
index bd05471986e..e619caf292f 100644
--- a/receiver/go.mod
+++ b/receiver/go.mod
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.78.2
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.79.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.0.0-rcv0012
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.16.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.16.0
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.9.0 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/statsd_exporter v0.22.7 // indirect
 	go.opencensus.io v0.24.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.78.2 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter v0.78.2 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.79.0 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter v0.79.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.0.0-rcv0012 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus v0.39.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.16.0 // indirect
diff --git a/receiver/otlpreceiver/go.mod b/receiver/otlpreceiver/go.mod
index c7bf35e1c6d..4cd125c6891 100644
--- a/receiver/otlpreceiver/go.mod
+++ b/receiver/otlpreceiver/go.mod
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ go 1.19
 require (
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.78.2
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.79.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.0.0-rcv0012
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.78.2
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv v0.78.2
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.79.0
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv v0.79.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.24.0
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230410155749-daa745c078e1
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.55.0
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/statsd_exporter v0.22.7 // indirect
 	github.com/rs/cors v1.9.0 // indirect
 	go.opencensus.io v0.24.0 // indirect
-	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter v0.78.2 // indirect
+	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter v0.79.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate v1.0.0-rcv0012 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc v0.42.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/net/http/otelhttp v0.42.0 // indirect
diff --git a/versions.yaml b/versions.yaml
index 2d1626143fb..f148cb4ccbc 100644
--- a/versions.yaml
+++ b/versions.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ module-sets:
       - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/featuregate
       - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata
   beta:
-    version: v0.78.2
+    version: v0.79.0
     modules:
       - go.opentelemetry.io/collector
       - go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component