diff --git a/kit.yml b/kit.yml
index de7f7c9..d6a8afd 100644
--- a/kit.yml
+++ b/kit.yml
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ docs:    https://github.com/cloudfoundry-community/cf-app-autoscaler-boshrelease
 code:    https://github.com/genesis-community/cf-app-autoscaler-genesis-kit
 
 # 2.6.0 was our last big feature bump
-genesis_version_min: 2.7.8-rc1
+genesis_version_min: 2.7.9-rc3
 secrets_store: credhub