diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 90d3feb8b..8ab374dfb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,23 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =================
 
+v0.7.4 (Dec 11th, 2019)
+-------------------------
+
+- update documentation section **Background**, **Motivation**, **Inception**, and **Description**
+- make use of ``$SRCDIR`` when setting variable ``SRCFILE`` in test script.
+- add documentation issue template page
+- add clang compiler support via ``compiler:clang``
+- add contributing pages to buildtest documentation and add further clarification on release process, buildtest regression testing, and GitHub app integration
+- add ``EDITOR`` key in buildtest configuration (**settings.yml**) to tweak editor when editing files
+- change path to output/error files in ``buildtest module loadtest`` and print actual ``module load`` command
+- adding github stalebot configuration see ``.github/stale.yml``
+- adding github sponsor page ``.github/FUNDING.yml``
+- add stream benchmark test see https://github.com/HPC-buildtest/buildtest-framework/commit/d2a2a4dc2e71c5921b211d4df4d68b7f52cbbf52
+- adding github workflow ``black`` to format all python code base see ``.github/workflow/black.yml``
+- install lmod and its dependency in travis build
+
+
 v0.7.3 (Nov 25th, 2019)
 -----------------------
 
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 2f8fc7b49..512435e9e 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@
 author = 'Shahzeb Siddiqui'
 
 # The short X.Y version
-version = '0.7.3'
+version = '0.7.4'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = '2019.25.11'
+release = '2019.11.12'
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/buildtest/tools/config.py b/src/buildtest/tools/config.py
index 67de4a37a..a344a4c47 100644
--- a/src/buildtest/tools/config.py
+++ b/src/buildtest/tools/config.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from shutil import copy
 
 
-BUILDTEST_VERSION = "0.7.3"
+BUILDTEST_VERSION = "0.7.4"
 BUILDTEST_ROOT = os.getenv("BUILDTEST_ROOT")
 
 # test scripts that need to be run locally