diff --git a/saspy/version.py b/saspy/version.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/saspy/version.py
+++ b/saspy/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '3.7.7'
+__version__ = '3.7.8'
add log4j <I> to fix security and keep java 7 support