diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index cb411f3f19d51c37497b46c38916e909f16a7d7a..33d4e7c51590c78a5f8e32aa155172aeb7dff054 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ dnl
 # see what flags are available. (Better yet, read the documentation!)
 #
 
-AC_INIT([The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System], [7.7], [glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org], [ghc])
+AC_INIT([The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System], [7.9], [glasgow-haskell-bugs@haskell.org], [ghc])
 
 # Set this to YES for a released version, otherwise NO
 : ${RELEASE=NO}