diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 381fde28..d3bf6029 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.7.9] - 2024-05-03
+
 ### Changed
 
 - Switched API version from the `HorizontalPodAutoscaler` from `autoscaling/v2beta1` to `autoscaling/v1`. 
@@ -234,7 +236,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Add `image_vulnerabilities` metric per-CVE per-image and `image_vulnerabilities_count` metric for summaries.
 - Add ServiceMonitor to scrape metrics.
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/giantswarm/starboard-exporter/compare/v0.7.8...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/giantswarm/starboard-exporter/compare/v0.7.9...HEAD
+[0.7.9]: https://github.com/giantswarm/starboard-exporter/compare/v0.7.8...v0.7.9
 [0.7.8]: https://github.com/giantswarm/starboard-exporter/compare/v0.7.7...v0.7.8
 [0.7.7]: https://github.com/giantswarm/starboard-exporter/compare/v0.7.6...v0.7.7
 [0.7.6]: https://github.com/giantswarm/starboard-exporter/compare/v0.7.5...v0.7.6
diff --git a/helm/starboard-exporter/Chart.yaml b/helm/starboard-exporter/Chart.yaml
index 9328e9dc..59fe727d 100644
--- a/helm/starboard-exporter/Chart.yaml
+++ b/helm/starboard-exporter/Chart.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description: A Helm chart for starboard-exporter, which exposes Prometheus metri
 engine: gotpl
 home: https://github.com/giantswarm/starboard-exporter
 icon: https://s.giantswarm.io/app-icons/prometheus/1/light.svg
-version: 0.7.8
+version: 0.7.9
 annotations:
   application.giantswarm.io/team: "shield"
   config.giantswarm.io/version: 1.x.x