diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d20430064e..4c17790c4a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Rhino is licensed under the [MPL 2.0](./LICENSE.txt).
 <tr><td><a href="https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/releases/tag/Rhino1_7_7_1_RELEASE">Rhino 1.7.7.1</a></td><td>February 2, 2016</td></tr>
 <tr><td><a href="https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/releases/tag/Rhino1_7_7_2_Release">Rhino 1.7.7.2</a></td><td>August 24, 2017</td></tr>
 <tr><td><a href="https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/releases/tag/Rhino1_7_8_Release">Rhino 1.7.8</a></td><td>January 22, 2018</td></tr>
-
+<tr><td><a href="https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/releases/tag/Rhino1_7_9_Release">Rhino 1.7.9</a></td><td>March 15, 2018</td></tr>
 </table>
 
 [Release Notes](./RELEASE-NOTES.md) for recent releases.
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ mavenReleaseRepo=
 
 Rhino can run as a stand-alone interpreter from the command line:
 ```
-java -jar buildGradle/libs/rhino-1.7.8.jar
-Rhino 1.7.8 2017 08 24
+java -jar buildGradle/libs/rhino-1.7.9.jar
+Rhino 1.7.9 2018 03 15
 js> print('Hello, World!');
 Hello, World!
 js>
diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.md b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
index d0cf77e10a..05a9797719 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,50 @@
+# Rhino 1.7.9
+## March 15, 2018
+
+This release fixes a [potential ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException](https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/issues/390)
+that was introduced in 1.7.8. Since it's potentially pretty serious, projects currently using 1.7.8
+should switch to this new release.
+
+[Issue 390](https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/issues/390)
+
+In addition, there is a new flag on Context called "FEATURE_INTEGER_WITHOUT_DECIMAL_PLACE."
+If set, Rhino will work harder to display numbers in integer form rather than in floating-point
+form. This feature is currently disabled by default, although if it proves popular than we can
+consider enabling it in the future.
+
+[PR 398](https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/398)
+
+At language level "ES6" and above, ToNumber conversion is now more compliant to the spec. (This
+change is disabled for older language levels to prevent a problem with backward compatibility.)
+
+[PR 383](https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/pull/383)
+
+Finally, there are a number of other fixes.
+
+Thanks to all who contributed, both with issues and with code!
+
+Attila Szegedi:
+*     Fix a JavaDoc warning
+
+Ivan Vyshnevskyi:
+*     Make ToNumber(String) conversion more spec-compliant
+*     Report parsing error for default values in destructuring assignments
+
+Michael[tm] Smith:
+*     Add addError(String messageId, int c) method
+*     Add “illegal character” test to ParserTest
+*     Show word in “identifier is a reserved word” error
+*     Add “identifier is a reserved word” test
+
+Oleksandr Maksymenko:
+*     changes to process integer object as integer and long as long, not as double
+
+RBRi:
+*     cleanup the code an try to make it faster (#373)
+
+jhertel:
+*     Correction: Compatability → Compatibility
+
 # Rhino 1.7.8
 ## January 22, 2018
 
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 067187ff46..0cdf28d6fd 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-#Sun, 26 Apr 2015 10:43:55 +0300
 rootProject.name=rhino
 group=org.mozilla
-version=1.7.9-SNAPSHOT
+version=1.7.9
 buildDir=buildGradle
 mavenSnapshotRepo=https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots
 mavenReleaseRepo=https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven
diff --git a/maven/maven-pom.xml b/maven/maven-pom.xml
index 63d6aaa572..67476b82c4 100644
--- a/maven/maven-pom.xml
+++ b/maven/maven-pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   <groupId>org.mozilla</groupId>
   <artifactId>rhino</artifactId>
   <name>Mozilla Rhino</name>
-  <version>1.7.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.7.9</version>
 
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <description>
diff --git a/src/manifest b/src/manifest
index e850fc228b..b1ddc84121 100644
--- a/src/manifest
+++ b/src/manifest
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Main-Class: org.mozilla.javascript.tools.shell.Main
-Implementation-Version: 1.7.9-SNAPSHOT
-Implementation-Title: Mozilla Rhino 1.7.9-SNAPSHOT
+Implementation-Version: 1.7.9
+Implementation-Title: Mozilla Rhino 1.7.9
 Implementation-Vendor: Mozilla Foundation
 Implementation-URL: http://www.mozilla.org/rhino