diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 040cc9e8..7ee35612 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# 1.79
+
+This 1.79 release expands the Tuxsuite backend regex to accept groups and projects
+with the dot ('.') character in it.
+
 # 1.78
 
 This 1.78 release adds a tiny bit of per-user confiuration of the UI. When
diff --git a/squad/version.py b/squad/version.py
index cb05eb10..ca2c5440 100644
--- a/squad/version.py
+++ b/squad/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '1.78'
+__version__ = '1.79'