diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ae3a68b..cb9cf87 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
-## Next Release
+## v7.8.1 (2026-11-09)
 
 - Fixes response hooks raising `NameError` when an HTTP body is not JSON
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 09a6d30..a8d1f4f 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7.8.0
+7.8.1