diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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@@ -3,7 +3,25 @@
 <!-- latest_release unreleased -->
 ## Unreleased
 
+ ## [0.79.0](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/tree/0.79.0) (2019-04-01)
+ [Full Changelog](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/compare/0.78.0...0.79.0)
+
+#### New Features & Enhancements
+- Send target query param on pkg upload [#6366](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6366) ([chefsalim](https://github.com/chefsalim))
+- Add target param to pkg related APIs [#6368](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6368) ([chefsalim](https://github.com/chefsalim))
+- Add package deletion command [#6350](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6350) ([chefsalim](https://github.com/chefsalim))
+- Introduce NATS Streaming eventing to the Supervisor [#6218](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6218) ([christophermaier](https://github.com/christophermaier))
+- Copies /etc/inputrc in studio if available [#5658](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/5658) ([rsertelon](https://github.com/rsertelon))
+- Attempt to implement template debugging tool [#6114](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6114) ([qubitrenegade](https://github.com/qubitrenegade))
+
+#### Behavioral Changes
+- Remove uses of default_cache_key_path [#6336](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6336) ([baumanj](https://github.com/baumanj))
+- Remove uses of core&#39;s default_cache_key_path [#6326](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6326) ([baumanj](https://github.com/baumanj))
+- Remove usage of habitat_core::binlink::default_binlink_dir [#6315](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6315) ([baumanj](https://github.com/baumanj))
+- macOS still needs --interactive and --tty set [#6295](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6295) ([raskchanky](https://github.com/raskchanky))
+
 #### Bug Fixes
+- Fix positional args, tweak err handling for promote/demote/delete [#6379](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6379) ([chefsalim](https://github.com/chefsalim))
 - Properly pass CLI args to `hab origin key import` [#6363](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6363) ([baumanj](https://github.com/baumanj))
 - start supervisor outside of interactive powershell session in local windows studio [#6353](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6353) ([mwrock](https://github.com/mwrock))
 - Revert &quot;remove old content&quot; feature [#6348](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6348) ([christophermaier](https://github.com/christophermaier))
@@ -16,15 +34,9 @@
 - Use subshells and unset to actually unset environment variables [#6296](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6296) ([christophermaier](https://github.com/christophermaier))
 - implement platform specific UI symbols [#6290](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6290) ([mwrock](https://github.com/mwrock))
 
-#### Behavioral Changes
-- Remove uses of default_cache_key_path [#6336](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6336) ([baumanj](https://github.com/baumanj))
-- Remove uses of core&#39;s default_cache_key_path [#6326](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6326) ([baumanj](https://github.com/baumanj))
-- Remove usage of habitat_core::binlink::default_binlink_dir [#6315](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6315) ([baumanj](https://github.com/baumanj))
-- macOS still needs --interactive and --tty set [#6295](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6295) ([raskchanky](https://github.com/raskchanky))
 
 #### Merged Pull Requests
 - Tweak windows butterfly test setup [#6371](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6371) ([scotthain](https://github.com/scotthain))
-- Fix positional args, tweak err handling for promote/demote/delete [#6379](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6379) ([chefsalim](https://github.com/chefsalim))
 - Add a welcome message when PRs are opened [#6356](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6356) ([raskchanky](https://github.com/raskchanky))
 - Use curl to upload packages rather than pkg upload [#6365](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6365) ([scotthain](https://github.com/scotthain))
 - Migrate to habitat rust rather than system rust [#6349](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6349) ([scotthain](https://github.com/scotthain))
@@ -33,14 +45,6 @@
 - Make Linux Kernel 2 validation just a little bit easier [#6297](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6297) ([christophermaier](https://github.com/christophermaier))
 - Use sup-run instead of hab sup run in demo [#5746](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/5746) ([rsertelon](https://github.com/rsertelon))
 
-#### New Features & Enhancements
-- Send target query param on pkg upload [#6366](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6366) ([chefsalim](https://github.com/chefsalim))
-- Add target param to pkg related APIs [#6368](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6368) ([chefsalim](https://github.com/chefsalim))
-- Add package deletion command [#6350](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6350) ([chefsalim](https://github.com/chefsalim))
-- Introduce NATS Streaming eventing to the Supervisor [#6218](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6218) ([christophermaier](https://github.com/christophermaier))
-- Copies /etc/inputrc in studio if available [#5658](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/5658) ([rsertelon](https://github.com/rsertelon))
-- Attempt to implement template debugging tool [#6114](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/pull/6114) ([qubitrenegade](https://github.com/qubitrenegade))
-<!-- latest_release -->
 ## [0.78.0](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/tree/0.78.0) (2019-03-13)
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/habitat-sh/habitat/compare/0.77.0...0.78.0)
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
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@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.79.0-dev
+0.79.0