diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b423275ff..f5b34bce9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ set(CMAKE_ALLOW_LOOSE_LOOP_CONSTRUCTS true)
 SET(MSVC_INCREMENTAL_DEFAULT ON)
 
 PROJECT(BULLET_PHYSICS)
-SET(BULLET_VERSION 2.78)
+SET(BULLET_VERSION 2.79)
 
 IF(COMMAND cmake_policy)
    cmake_policy(SET CMP0003 NEW)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index bafe06ed8..24e4100df 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -4,6 +4,15 @@ Primary author and maintainer: Erwin Coumans
 This ChangeLog is incomplete, for an up-to-date list of all fixed issues see http://bullet.googlecode.com
 using http://tinyurl.com/yabmjjj
 
+2011 September 15
+	- Bullet 2.79 release, revision 2433 (mainly a bugfix release)
+	- Revert a change in 2.78 related to speculative contacts (it has undesired side effects)
+	- Use HACD Hierachical Approximate Convex Decomposition (thanks to Khaled Mammou and Sujeon Kim)
+	- Add Intel cmake-build support for OpenCL accelerated cloth/particle
+	- add premake4 build system support to autogenerate visual studio project files that can be shipped (see msvc folder)
+	- preliminary build support for Google NativeClient, using premake4 (see msvc folder)
+			
+	
 2011 April 8
 	- Bullet 2.78 release 2383
 	- Added FractureDemo
@@ -12,7 +21,7 @@ using http://tinyurl.com/yabmjjj
 	- OpenCL and DirectCompute cloth as basic support for capsule collision
 
 2010 September 7
-	- autotools now uses CamelCase naming for libraryes just like cmake:
+	- autotools now uses CamelCase naming for libraries just like cmake:
 	libbulletdynamics -> libBulletDynamics, libbulletmath -> libLinearMath
 
 2010 July 21
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 42bdab7f9..dec9f0fd9 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 
 For news, visit the Bullet Physics forums at
-http://www.bulletphysics.org
+http://www.bulletphysics.org and http://bullet.googlecode.com
+
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index e24a93336..19c430fc1 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.78
+2.79
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ecc63cedd..da323c0ea 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ AC_PREREQ([2.54])
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 AC_INIT(
     [bullet],
-    [2.78],
+    [2.79],
     [bullet@erwincoumans.com])
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([configure.ac])
diff --git a/src/LinearMath/btScalar.h b/src/LinearMath/btScalar.h
index d36af1e84..f4bc17c9c 100644
--- a/src/LinearMath/btScalar.h
+++ b/src/LinearMath/btScalar.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ subject to the following restrictions:
 #include <float.h>
 
 /* SVN $Revision$ on $Date$ from http://bullet.googlecode.com*/
-#define BT_BULLET_VERSION 278
+#define BT_BULLET_VERSION 279
 
 inline int	btGetVersion()
 {