diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b1de7d5..b7646c5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@
 /dns-lexicon-2.4.4.tar.gz
 /dns-lexicon-2.4.5.tar.gz
 /dns-lexicon-2.7.0.tar.gz
+/dns-lexicon-2.7.9.tar.gz
diff --git a/python-dns-lexicon.spec b/python-dns-lexicon.spec
index 16f1246..e92104f 100644
--- a/python-dns-lexicon.spec
+++ b/python-dns-lexicon.spec
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
 %endif
 
 Name:           python-%{pypi_name}
-Version:        2.7.0
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Version:        2.7.9
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Manipulate DNS records on various DNS providers in a standardized/agnostic way
 
 License:        MIT
@@ -118,6 +118,9 @@ ln -s %{_bindir}/lexicon-%{python3_version} %{buildroot}/%{_bindir}/lexicon-3
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Oct 08 2018 Eli Young <elyscape@gmail.com> - 2.7.9-1
+- Update to 2.7.9 (#1637142)
+
 * Mon Aug 27 2018 Eli Young <elyscape@gmail.com> - 2.7.0-2
 - Add dependency on python-cryptography (#1622418)
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index ef78ab9..cbee783 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (dns-lexicon-2.7.0.tar.gz) = 0c9996f8841a1c0423850f3b64b4cfe57dcb1f57fe45e71b73c59c734e03a581c775330fd09de76b34ffd0f19588455302d54d2df15b902e5d7af5e34d6cacb8
+SHA512 (dns-lexicon-2.7.9.tar.gz) = 84255483938ff6c6fa0d02ea6f11d8b4a3c8261cf9a4e77aff21077e34ea9718c025803e87c9ff61d27d252164d6e4c91936f4fc07a718ff96f424b7e7b17f7e