diff --git a/.version b/.version
index 5c648ab7..937cf1cb 100644
--- a/.version
+++ b/.version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.9.78
+0.9.79
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8302546e..fa6eca3d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 ## PVC Changelog
 
+###### [v0.9.79](https://github.com/parallelvirtualcluster/pvc/releases/tag/v0.9.79)
+
+  **API Changes**: New endpoints /vm/{vm}/backup, /vm/{vm}/restore
+
+  * [CLI Client] Fixes some storage pool help text messages
+  * [Node Daemon] Increases the IPMI monitoring plugin timeout
+  * [All] Adds support for VM backups, including creation, removal, and restore
+  * [Repository] Fixes shebangs in scripts to be consistent
+  * [Daemon Library] Improves the handling of VM list arguments (default None)
+
 ###### [v0.9.78](https://github.com/parallelvirtualcluster/pvc/releases/tag/v0.9.78)
 
   * [API, Client CLI] Fixes several bugs around image uploads; adds a new query parameter for non-raw images
diff --git a/api-daemon/pvcapid/Daemon.py b/api-daemon/pvcapid/Daemon.py
index 1ff30ef7..b9461705 100755
--- a/api-daemon/pvcapid/Daemon.py
+++ b/api-daemon/pvcapid/Daemon.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ from ssl import SSLContext, TLSVersion
 from distutils.util import strtobool as dustrtobool
 
 # Daemon version
-version = "0.9.78"
+version = "0.9.79"
 
 # API version
 API_VERSION = 1.0
diff --git a/client-cli/setup.py b/client-cli/setup.py
index b8b3990e..15e367ab 100644
--- a/client-cli/setup.py
+++ b/client-cli/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from setuptools import setup
 
 setup(
     name="pvc",
-    version="0.9.78",
+    version="0.9.79",
     packages=["pvc.cli", "pvc.lib"],
     install_requires=[
         "Click",
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index d559d9af..3b8e67a4 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+pvc (0.9.79-0) unstable; urgency=high
+
+  **API Changes**: New endpoints /vm/{vm}/backup, /vm/{vm}/restore
+
+  * [CLI Client] Fixes some storage pool help text messages
+  * [Node Daemon] Increases the IPMI monitoring plugin timeout
+  * [All] Adds support for VM backups, including creation, removal, and restore
+  * [Repository] Fixes shebangs in scripts to be consistent
+  * [Daemon Library] Improves the handling of VM list arguments (default None)
+
+ -- Joshua M. Boniface <joshua@boniface.me>  Tue, 24 Oct 2023 02:10:24 -0400
+
 pvc (0.9.78-0) unstable; urgency=high
 
   * [API, Client CLI] Fixes several bugs around image uploads; adds a new query parameter for non-raw images
diff --git a/node-daemon/pvcnoded/Daemon.py b/node-daemon/pvcnoded/Daemon.py
index c84253b1..7970c1bf 100644
--- a/node-daemon/pvcnoded/Daemon.py
+++ b/node-daemon/pvcnoded/Daemon.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ import re
 import json
 
 # Daemon version
-version = "0.9.78"
+version = "0.9.79"
 
 
 ##########################################################