diff --git a/kiss b/kiss
index 3b6f807..6fa681a 100755
--- a/kiss
+++ b/kiss
@@ -1313,7 +1313,7 @@ args() {
         l|list)    pkg_list "$@" ;;
         u|update)  pkg_updates ;;
         s|search)  for pkg; do pkg_find "$pkg" all; done ;;
-        v|version) log kiss 1.7.8 ;;
+        v|version) log kiss 1.7.9 ;;
 
         h|help|-h|--help|'')
             log 'kiss [a|b|c|i|l|r|s|u|v] [pkg] [pkg] [pkg]'