diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b59b5df..24fcbbc 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.6)
 
-project(sdbus-c++ VERSION 0.7.7 LANGUAGES C CXX)
+project(sdbus-c++ VERSION 0.7.8 LANGUAGES C CXX)
 
 include(GNUInstallDirs) # Installation directories for `install` command and pkgconfig file
 
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index cc806e7..20e07c0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -135,3 +135,6 @@ v0.7.6
 v0.7.7
 - Fix race condition of polling on D-Bus fd from two threads (event loop thread and sync D-Bus call thread)
 - Little ordering fix in stress tests
+
+v0.7.8
+- Switch from thread_local to global bus instance that is used to create Variant instances (thread_local caused issues with Variant in very special inter-thread situations)