diff --git a/_service b/_service
index f27cefb..ebc8180 100644
--- a/_service
+++ b/_service
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <param name="url">https://github.com/anchore/syft</param>
     <param name="scm">git</param>
     <param name="exclude">.git</param>
-    <param name="revision">v0.78.0</param>
+    <param name="revision">v0.79.0</param>
     <param name="versionformat">@PARENT_TAG@</param>
     <param name="changesgenerate">enable</param>
     <param name="versionrewrite-pattern">v(.*)</param>
diff --git a/_servicedata b/_servicedata
index 84086ad..739effa 100644
--- a/_servicedata
+++ b/_servicedata
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 <servicedata>
 <service name="tar_scm">
                 <param name="url">https://github.com/anchore/syft</param>
-              <param name="changesrevision">244b797a199458f504758c0e3a775572a021e629</param></service></servicedata>
\ No newline at end of file
+              <param name="changesrevision">b2b332e8b2b66af0905e98b54ebd713a922be1a8</param></service></servicedata>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/syft-0.78.0.obscpio b/syft-0.78.0.obscpio
deleted file mode 100644
index c066b9f..0000000
--- a/syft-0.78.0.obscpio
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
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-oid sha256:1bd28cb2cf135fc79a1261a3256f70261ad3e40aa6fd4ea535e17143710c3782
-size 21168653
diff --git a/syft-0.79.0.obscpio b/syft-0.79.0.obscpio
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b56e4d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syft-0.79.0.obscpio
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
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+size 21173261
diff --git a/syft.changes b/syft.changes
index 4488ee9..98b58ea 100644
--- a/syft.changes
+++ b/syft.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Apr 22 14:33:37 UTC 2023 - kastl@b1-systems.de
+
+- Update to version 0.79.0:
+  * feat: Add template func `hasField` (#1754)
+  * fix: only cache java packages and not source content (#1750)
+  * Add sections of interest for Gemfile.lock cataloger (#1749)
+  * fix: update cache.fingerprint file to java-builds dir (#1748)
+  * Add ALPM Metadata to CYCLONEDX and SPDX output formats (#1747)
+  * chore: bump stereoscope to latest version (#1741)
+  * chore(deps): update bootstrap tools to latest versions (#1744)
+  * chore(deps): bump github.com/docker/docker (#1746)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Apr 18 04:55:15 UTC 2023 - kastl@b1-systems.de
 
diff --git a/syft.obsinfo b/syft.obsinfo
index 72609f1..84e9880 100644
--- a/syft.obsinfo
+++ b/syft.obsinfo
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 name: syft
-version: 0.78.0
-mtime: 1681748767
-commit: 244b797a199458f504758c0e3a775572a021e629
+version: 0.79.0
+mtime: 1682084046
+commit: b2b332e8b2b66af0905e98b54ebd713a922be1a8
diff --git a/syft.spec b/syft.spec
index fcfd619..f7380f1 100644
--- a/syft.spec
+++ b/syft.spec
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 %define __arch_install_post export NO_BRP_STRIP_DEBUG=true
 
 Name:           syft
-Version:        0.78.0
+Version:        0.79.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        CLI tool and library for generating a Software Bill of Materials
 License:        Apache-2.0
diff --git a/vendor.tar.gz b/vendor.tar.gz
index 7e7139c..2572d85 100644
--- a/vendor.tar.gz
+++ b/vendor.tar.gz
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
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