diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 30b050834f..1da7ca76fe 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+### v0.79.7
+###### CloudFormation Specifications
+- Add region `il-central-1` (pull #[2836](https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cfn-lint/pull/2836))
+- Update CloudFormation specs to `135.0.0` (pull #[2837](https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cfn-lint/pull/2837))
+###### Fixes
+- Allow for `RetainExceptOnCreate` for `DeletionPolicy` (pull #[2834](https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cfn-lint/pull/2834))
+- Fix language extension transform to resolve foreach refs in Sub parameters (pull #[2846](https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cfn-lint/pull/2846))
+- Fix language extension transform to allow `Fn::FindInMap` to return arrays (pull #[2845](https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cfn-lint/pull/2845))
+
 ### v0.79.6
 ###### CloudFormation Specifications
 - Fix `AWS::Glue::Job.Name` to use string min/max instead of number min/max (pull #[2831](https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cfn-lint/pull/2831))
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 743a054ef4..a663e3f0a7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ If you'd like cfn-lint to be run automatically when making changes to files in y
 ```yaml
 repos:
 - repo: https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cfn-lint
-  rev: v0.79.6  # The version of cfn-lint to use
+  rev: v0.79.7  # The version of cfn-lint to use
   hooks:
     - id: cfn-lint
       files: path/to/cfn/dir/.*\.(json|yml|yaml)$
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ If you are using a `.cfnlintrc` and specifying the `templates` or `ignore_templa
 ```yaml
 repos:
 - repo: https://github.com/aws-cloudformation/cfn-lint
-  rev: v0.79.6  # The version of cfn-lint to use
+  rev: v0.79.7  # The version of cfn-lint to use
   hooks:
     - id: cfn-lint-rc
 ```
diff --git a/src/cfnlint/version.py b/src/cfnlint/version.py
index 96ff03aa21..3052569891 100644
--- a/src/cfnlint/version.py
+++ b/src/cfnlint/version.py
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.79.6"
+__version__ = "0.79.7"