diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index 27dbc791..c6316368 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.7.7
+current_version = 0.7.8
 commit = True
 message = 
 	[SKIP] version bump {current_version} -> {new_version}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 2b87a2a3..384d772a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ While in version ``0``, minor and patch upgrades converge in the ``patch`` numbe
 Changelog
 =========
 
+v0.7.8 (2023-10-02)
+------------------------------------------------------------
+
 * Bug-fix in ``ldrs`` for input sequence recognition
 
 v0.7.7 (2023-09-26)
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 56f6ed1f..f6bda374 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -66,4 +66,4 @@ If you use the Local Disordered Region Sampling (LDRS) module, please cite::
 
 Version
 -------
-v0.7.7
+v0.7.8
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index debb885b..b2ef00e1 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 year = '2022'
 author = 'Julie Forman-Kay Lab'
 copyright = '{0}, {1}'.format(year, author)
-version = release = '0.7.7'
+version = release = '0.7.8'
 
 pygments_style = 'trac'
 templates_path = ['.']
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7dbdf79f..d455adc8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def read(*names, **kwargs):
 
 setup(
     name='idpconfgen',
-    version='0.7.7',
+    version='0.7.8',
     description='Generates IDP conformers.',
     long_description=long_description,
     author='Julie Forman-Kay Lab',
diff --git a/src/idpconfgen/__init__.py b/src/idpconfgen/__init__.py
index 735edeeb..737e9d29 100644
--- a/src/idpconfgen/__init__.py
+++ b/src/idpconfgen/__init__.py
@@ -67,4 +67,4 @@ def assert_subclass(objs, subclass):
 
 source_folder = Path(__file__).absparent
 
-__version__ = '0.7.7'
+__version__ = '0.7.8'