diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7f05188b40d1d..035f525caadda 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ AC_PREREQ(2.59)
 # VERSION define is not used by the code.  It gets a version string
 # from 'git describe'; see src/ceph_ver.[ch]
 
-AC_INIT([ceph], [0.78], [ceph-devel@vger.kernel.org])
+AC_INIT([ceph], [0.79], [ceph-devel@vger.kernel.org])
 
 # Create release string.  Used with VERSION for RPMs.
 RPM_RELEASE=0
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 53d6dd66f6e3a..83b8901e3c68a 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+ceph (0.79-1) stable; urgency=low
+
+  * New upsream release
+
+ -- Alfredo Deza <alfredo.deza@inktank.com>  Mon, 07 Apr 2014 16:48:36 +0000
+
 ceph (0.78-1) stable; urgency=low
 
   * New upsream release