diff --git a/Makefile.PL b/Makefile.PL
index 5fd0b34..dd3d781 100644
--- a/Makefile.PL
+++ b/Makefile.PL
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ my %WriteMakefileArgs = (
     "Test::Pod" => "1.14",
     "Test::Pod::Coverage" => "1.04"
   },
-  "VERSION" => "0.77",
+  "VERSION" => "0.78",
   "test" => {
     "TESTS" => "t/*.t t/author/*.t"
   }
diff --git a/lib/Net/SAML2.pm b/lib/Net/SAML2.pm
index 57cab1f..eb71f2c 100644
--- a/lib/Net/SAML2.pm
+++ b/lib/Net/SAML2.pm
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 package Net::SAML2;
-our $VERSION = "0.78";
+our $VERSION = '0.78';
 
 require 5.012;