diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2ccf375a7..b363d8241 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,27 +1,15 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## Unreleased
+## 1.78.0
 
 ### API-Changes
-
 - replaced stock string `DC_STR_ONE_MOMENT` by `DC_STR_NOT_CONNECTED` #3222
 - add `dc_resend_msgs()` #3238
 - `dc_provider_new_from_email()` does no longer do an DNS lookup for checking custom domains,
   this is done by `dc_provider_new_from_email_with_dns()` now #3256
 
-### Fixes
-
-- Take `delete_device_after` into account when calculating ephemeral loop timeout #3211
-- Fix a bug where a blocked contact could send a contact request #3218
-- Make sure, videochat-room-names are always URL-safe #3231
-- Try removing account folder multiple times in case of failure #3229
-- Ignore messages from all spam folders if there are many #3246
-- Hide location-only messages instead of displaying empty bubbles #3248
-
 ### Changes
-
-- introduce multiple self addresses with the "configured" address always
-  being the primary one. 
+- introduce multiple self addresses with the "configured" address always being the primary one #2896
 - Further improve finding the correct server after logging in #3208
 - `get_connectivity_html()` returns HTML as non-scalable #3213
 - add update-serial to `DC_EVENT_WEBXDC_STATUS_UPDATE` #3215
@@ -29,7 +17,20 @@
 - mark messages as seen on IMAP in batches #3223
 - remove Received: based draft detection heuristic #3230
 - Use pkgconfig for building Python package #2590
-- Do not assign group IDs to ad-hoc groups #2798
+- don't start io on unconfigured context #2664
+- do not assign group IDs to ad-hoc groups #2798
+- dynamic libraries use dylib extension on Darwin #3226
+- refactorings #3217 #3219 #3224 #3235 #3239 #3244 #3254
+- improve documentation #3214 #3220 #3237
+- improve tests and ci #3212 #3233 #3241 #3242 #3252 #3250 #3255 #3260
+
+### Fixes
+- Take `delete_device_after` into account when calculating ephemeral loop timeout #3211 #3221
+- Fix a bug where a blocked contact could send a contact request #3218
+- Make sure, videochat-room-names are always URL-safe #3231
+- Try removing account folder multiple times in case of failure #3229
+- Ignore messages from all spam folders if there are many #3246
+- Hide location-only messages instead of displaying empty bubbles #3248
 
 
 ## 1.77.0
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a14e77339..e3485d86d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1067,7 +1067,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "1.77.0"
+version = "1.78.0"
 dependencies = [
  "ansi_term",
  "anyhow",
@@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat_ffi"
-version = "1.77.0"
+version = "1.78.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-std",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index db0e83984..5f5971414 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat"
-version = "1.77.0"
+version = "1.78.0"
 authors = ["Delta Chat Developers (ML) <delta@codespeak.net>"]
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
diff --git a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
index e15e3ace0..b2edb0673 100644
--- a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "deltachat_ffi"
-version = "1.77.0"
+version = "1.78.0"
 description = "Deltachat FFI"
 authors = ["Delta Chat Developers (ML) <delta@codespeak.net>"]
 edition = "2018"