diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bcd5aa00a0e..a74f9160516 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,20 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-core/tree/HEAD)
 
-[Full Changelog](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-core/compare/V0.0.8a77...HEAD)
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-core/compare/V0.0.8a78...HEAD)
+
+**Fixed bugs:**
+
+- Unable to blacklist skills or change the fallback priority [\#383](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-core/issues/383)
+- fix: blacklisted skills [\#424](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-core/pull/424) ([JarbasAl](https://github.com/JarbasAl))
+
+**Merged pull requests:**
+
+- test: fix codecov OCP tests [\#423](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-core/pull/423) ([JarbasAl](https://github.com/JarbasAl))
+
+## [V0.0.8a78](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-core/tree/V0.0.8a78) (2024-02-25)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-core/compare/V0.0.8a77...V0.0.8a78)
 
 **Fixed bugs:**
 
@@ -642,10 +655,6 @@
 
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-core/compare/V0.0.8a3...V0.0.8a4)
 
-**Fixed bugs:**
-
-- fix/common\_qa errors [\#302](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-core/pull/302) ([JarbasAl](https://github.com/JarbasAl))
-
 ## [V0.0.8a3](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-core/tree/V0.0.8a3) (2023-04-13)
 
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-core/compare/V0.0.8a2...V0.0.8a3)
@@ -654,10 +663,6 @@
 
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-core/compare/V0.0.8a1...V0.0.8a2)
 
-**Merged pull requests:**
-
-- mycroft-bus-client -\> ovos-bus-client [\#300](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-core/pull/300) ([JarbasAl](https://github.com/JarbasAl))
-
 ## [V0.0.8a1](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-core/tree/V0.0.8a1) (2023-03-24)
 
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-core/compare/V0.0.7...V0.0.8a1)
diff --git a/ovos_core/version.py b/ovos_core/version.py
index 7a896637576..3a08dc2d79b 100644
--- a/ovos_core/version.py
+++ b/ovos_core/version.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 OVOS_VERSION_MAJOR = 0
 OVOS_VERSION_MINOR = 0
 OVOS_VERSION_BUILD = 8
-OVOS_VERSION_ALPHA = 78
+OVOS_VERSION_ALPHA = 79
 
 # END_VERSION_BLOCK