diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index bb668302c5b..f730c471b7f 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2015-01-13  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
+
+	GDB 7.9 branch created (92fc2e6978d9a7c8324c7e851dbee59e22ec7a37):
+	* version.in: Bump version to 7.9.50.DATE-cvs.
+
 2015-01-13  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
 
 	* nat/linux-procfs.c (linux_proc_attach_tgid_threads):
diff --git a/gdb/version.in b/gdb/version.in
index 0cff477a02a..f25258bd8fe 100644
--- a/gdb/version.in
+++ b/gdb/version.in
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7.8.50.DATE-cvs
+7.9.50.DATE-cvs