diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 8cfe0a7..c475234 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.3.78-beta
+0.3.79-beta
diff --git a/public/js/core.js b/public/js/core.js
index a53ec6c..d3764a8 100644
--- a/public/js/core.js
+++ b/public/js/core.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 "use strict";
 /* version — shown until /api/version resolves (or if the fetch fails, e.g. offline).
    Kept in sync by hand with the VERSION file at the repo root on every release. */
-const VERSION = "0.3.78-beta";
+const VERSION = "0.3.79-beta";
 (function(){
   const tag = document.getElementById("verTag");
   tag.textContent = "v"+VERSION;
diff --git a/test/widgets.test.js b/test/widgets.test.js
index d9878c3..5177737 100644
--- a/test/widgets.test.js
+++ b/test/widgets.test.js
@@ -426,5 +426,7 @@ test('topografie heeft een inhoudelijk brede naam en de beta-versie is gelijkget
  assert.ok(core.includes('wg_topography:"Topography"'));
  assert.doesNotMatch(core,/wg_topography:"(?:Topografie Nederland|Map of the Netherlands)"/);
  assert.match(core,new RegExp(`const VERSION = "${version.trim().replaceAll('.','\\.')}"`));
- assert.match(version,/^0\.3\.77-beta\s*$/);
+ /* geen vast nummer pinnen (dat breekt bij elke bump): het beleid is dat de
+    dev-branch altijd een -beta-versie voert en core.js gelijkloopt (hierboven) */
+ assert.match(version,/^\d+\.\d+\.\d+-beta\s*$/);
 });