diff --git a/.ci/bwcVersions b/.ci/bwcVersions
index ac227ceed08..02848c21e49 100644
--- a/.ci/bwcVersions
+++ b/.ci/bwcVersions
@@ -59,4 +59,3 @@ BWC_VERSION:
   - "7.6.2"
   - "7.6.3"
   - "7.7.0"
-  - "7.8.0"
diff --git a/buildSrc/version.properties b/buildSrc/version.properties
index 300696c8385..a7d008607cf 100644
--- a/buildSrc/version.properties
+++ b/buildSrc/version.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-elasticsearch     = 7.9.0
+elasticsearch     = 7.8.0
 lucene            = 8.5.1
 
 bundled_jdk_vendor = adoptopenjdk
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/Version.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/Version.java
index 12c36dee869..c417eeb3e05 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/Version.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/Version.java
@@ -137,8 +137,7 @@ public class Version implements Comparable<Version>, ToXContentFragment {
     public static final Version V_7_6_3 = new Version(7060399, org.apache.lucene.util.Version.LUCENE_8_4_0);
     public static final Version V_7_7_0 = new Version(7070099, org.apache.lucene.util.Version.LUCENE_8_5_1);
     public static final Version V_7_8_0 = new Version(7080099, org.apache.lucene.util.Version.LUCENE_8_5_1);
-    public static final Version V_7_9_0 = new Version(7090099, org.apache.lucene.util.Version.LUCENE_8_5_1);
-    public static final Version CURRENT = V_7_9_0;
+    public static final Version CURRENT = V_7_8_0;
 
     private static final ImmutableOpenIntMap<Version> idToVersion;