diff --git a/docs/source/changelog.rst b/docs/source/changelog.rst
index b7b175c..a774c74 100644
--- a/docs/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/source/changelog.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 Changelog
 ---------
 
+PyHamTools 0.7.5
+================
+
+3. March 2020
+
+ * fixed a bug related to badly escaped JSON data when using redis
+ * lookup data is now copied approx. 5x faster into redis
+ * download artifacts are now cleaned up from the temporary download directory
+
 PyHamTools 0.7.4
 ================
 
diff --git a/pyhamtools/version.py b/pyhamtools/version.py
index 2ea6ce2..075ec37 100644
--- a/pyhamtools/version.py
+++ b/pyhamtools/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-VERSION = (0, 7, 4)
+VERSION = (0, 7, 5)
 __release__ = ''.join(['-.'[type(x) == int]+str(x) for x in VERSION])[1:]
 __version__ = '.'.join((str(VERSION[0]), str(VERSION[1])))