diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 3197f31..a2b3089 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 copyright = '2021-2024, Rajewsky Lab'
 author = 'Tamas Ryszard Sztanka-Toth, Marvin Jens, Nikos Karaiskos, Nikolaus Rajewsky'
 
-version = '0.7.8'
+version = '0.7.9'
 release = version
 
 # -- General configuration
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 3d06b51..ab27f68 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = spacemake
-version = 0.7.8
+version = 0.7.9
 author = Tamas Ryszard Sztanka-Toth, Marvin Jens, Nikos Karaiskos, Nikolaus Rajewsky 
 author_email = TamasRyszard.Sztanka-Toth@mdc-berlin.de
 description = A bioinformatic pipeline for the analysis of spatial transcriptomic data