diff --git a/paper-server/pom.xml b/paper-server/pom.xml
index 3d4395df5..84a00a3fe 100644
--- a/paper-server/pom.xml
+++ b/paper-server/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>org.bukkit</groupId>
   <artifactId>craftbukkit</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>1.7.8-R0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.7.9-R0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>CraftBukkit</name>
   <url>http://www.bukkit.org</url>
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <api.version>unknown</api.version>
     <junit.version>4.11</junit.version>
-    <minecraft.version>1.7.8</minecraft.version>
+    <minecraft.version>1.7.9</minecraft.version>
     <minecraft_version>1_7_R3</minecraft_version>
     <buildtag.prefix>git-Bukkit-</buildtag.prefix>
     <buildtag.suffix></buildtag.suffix>