diff --git a/python-semver.changes b/python-semver.changes
index 08ede32..4499350 100644
--- a/python-semver.changes
+++ b/python-semver.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov 14 16:43:50 UTC 2017 - arun@gmx.de
+
+- update to version 2.7.9:
+  * Issue #65 (PR #66). Add finalize_version function
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Aug 25 07:56:06 UTC 2017 - sebix+novell.com@sebix.at
 
diff --git a/python-semver.spec b/python-semver.spec
index 3ff249e..1ffdd44 100644
--- a/python-semver.spec
+++ b/python-semver.spec
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
 %bcond_without test
 Name:           python-semver
-Version:        2.7.8
+Version:        2.7.9
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Python helper for Semantic Versioning
 License:        BSD-3-Clause
diff --git a/semver-2.7.8.tar.gz b/semver-2.7.8.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index d60c565..0000000
--- a/semver-2.7.8.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:a6212f5c552452e306502ac8476bbca48af62db29c4528fdd91d319d0a44b07b
-size 5712
diff --git a/semver-2.7.9.tar.gz b/semver-2.7.9.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a3d9aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/semver-2.7.9.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:1ffb55fb86a076cf7c161e6b5931f7da59f15abe217e0f24cea96cc8eec50f42
+size 5774