diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 150d6b184..062fad94e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.72 for firejail 0.9.77.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.72 for firejail 0.9.78.
 #
 # Report bugs to <https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues>.
 #
@@ -603,8 +603,8 @@ MAKEFLAGS=
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='firejail'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='firejail'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='0.9.77'
-PACKAGE_STRING='firejail 0.9.77'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='0.9.78'
+PACKAGE_STRING='firejail 0.9.78'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT='https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues'
 PACKAGE_URL='https://firejail.wordpress.com'
 
@@ -1315,7 +1315,7 @@ if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-'configure' configures firejail 0.9.77 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+'configure' configures firejail 0.9.78 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
@@ -1377,7 +1377,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of firejail 0.9.77:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of firejail 0.9.78:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
@@ -1501,7 +1501,7 @@ fi
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-firejail configure 0.9.77
+firejail configure 0.9.78
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.72
 
 Copyright (C) 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -1613,7 +1613,7 @@ cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by firejail $as_me 0.9.77, which was
+It was created by firejail $as_me 0.9.78, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.72.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0$ac_configure_args_raw
@@ -5111,7 +5111,7 @@ cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by firejail $as_me 0.9.77, which was
+This file was extended by firejail $as_me 0.9.78, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.72.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
@@ -5167,7 +5167,7 @@ ac_cs_config_escaped=`printf "%s\n" "$ac_cs_config" | sed "s/^ //; s/'/'\\\\\\\\
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config='$ac_cs_config_escaped'
 ac_cs_version="\\
-firejail config.status 0.9.77
+firejail config.status 0.9.78
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.72,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a22d158e2..eb353cad8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.68])
-AC_INIT([firejail], [0.9.77], [https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues],
+AC_INIT([firejail], [0.9.78], [https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues],
     [], [https://firejail.wordpress.com])
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/firejail/main.c])