diff --git a/History b/History
index bee70a8..9ee2557 100644
--- a/History
+++ b/History
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+== 0.7.8 2011-06-06
+* bug fix
+  * Make response honor respond to
+  * net http timeout can also be a float
+
 == 0.7.7 2011-04-16
 * bug fix
   * Fix NoMethodError when using the NON_RAILS_QUERY_STRING_NORMALIZER with a hash whose key is a symbol and value is nil
diff --git a/lib/httparty/version.rb b/lib/httparty/version.rb
index 30846f1..28842cd 100644
--- a/lib/httparty/version.rb
+++ b/lib/httparty/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module HTTParty
-  VERSION = "0.7.7".freeze
+  VERSION = "0.7.8".freeze
 
   CRACK_DEPENDENCY = "0.1.8".freeze
 end