diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 909e44d9ea..e2f8e049e5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ PyNE Change Log
 
 Next Version
 ============
+
+
+v0.7.8
+======
 **Change**
    * Move tests from nose to pytest (#1478 #1493)
    * Update MOAB dead link and add PyNE logo to readme file (#1481)
diff --git a/pyne/pyne_version.py b/pyne/pyne_version.py
index 04ded5b404..1f5a9cf3b4 100644
--- a/pyne/pyne_version.py
+++ b/pyne/pyne_version.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Set PYNE version
 PYNE_MAJOR_VERSION = 0
 PYNE_MINOR_VERSION = 7
-PYNE_PATCH_VERSION = 7
+PYNE_PATCH_VERSION = 8
 
 PYNE_VERSION = '{0}.{1}.{2}'.format(PYNE_MAJOR_VERSION, PYNE_MINOR_VERSION, PYNE_PATCH_VERSION)