diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index da49c99..83a2278 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -1,6 +1,17 @@
 Release Notes; upgrade information mainly.
 Features/major bugfixes are listed in NEWS
 
+portage-2.3.79
+==================================
+* Bug Fixes:
+    - Bug 673400 emerge: fix error message for unknown options
+    - Bug 698046 fetch: remove symlink created by FETCHCOMMAND_RSYNC
+    - Bug 698474 fetch: respect try_mirrors parameter for local mirrors
+    - Bug 699392 emirrordist: _recycle_copier_exit UnboundLocalError
+    - Bug 699400 emirrordist: clean up FileCopier exception logging
+    - Bug 699548 install.py: ignore -Z / --context
+
+
 portage-2.3.78
 ==================================
 * Bug Fixes:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index eee09e8..43bd888 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@
 
 setup(
 	name = 'portage',
-	version = '2.3.78',
+	version = '2.3.79',
 	url = 'https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Portage',
 	author = 'Gentoo Portage Development Team',
 	author_email = 'dev-portage@gentoo.org',