diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c62f970..33eeda5 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+* fuse-overlayfs-0.7.6
+
+- do not look in lower layers for the ino if there is no origin xattr set.
+- attempt to use the file path if the operation on the fd fails with ENXIO.
+
 * fuse-overlayfs-0.7.5
 
 - do not expose internal xattrs through listxattr and getxattr.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 53093c9..fba2341 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.69])
-AC_INIT([fuse-overlayfs], [0.7.5], [giuseppe@scrivano.org])
+AC_INIT([fuse-overlayfs], [0.7.6], [giuseppe@scrivano.org])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([main.c])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])