diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fadaf9fb812..1a7e26a79ab 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cargo-nextest"
-version = "0.9.78"
+version = "0.9.79-rc.1"
 dependencies = [
  "camino",
  "camino-tempfile",
diff --git a/cargo-nextest/Cargo.toml b/cargo-nextest/Cargo.toml
index 2fa13012948..a1b7684e776 100644
--- a/cargo-nextest/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cargo-nextest/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "cargo-nextest"
 description = "A next-generation test runner for Rust."
-version = "0.9.78"
+version = "0.9.79-rc.1"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "Apache-2.0 OR MIT"
 repository = "https://github.com/nextest-rs/nextest"