diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index acf9f56..d52bd4f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -94,6 +94,11 @@ You can colorize nodes via their `title background`, `node body` or `title text`
 
 ## UPDATES
 
+**2024/02/07** @1.7.9:
+* moved to proper semantic version numbers
+* PyOpenGL-accelerate updated to 3.1.9
+* better versioning in requirements around numpy
+
 **2024/02/07** @1.7.08:
 * `JOV_SCAN_DEVICES` reset to default off.
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3d694db..ac1b458 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [project]
 name = "jovimetrix"
 description = "Integrates Webcam, MIDI, Spout and GLSL shader support. Animation via tick. Parameter manipulation with wave generator. Math operations with Unary and Binary support. Value conversion for all major types (int, string, list, dict, Image, Mask). Shape mask generation, image stacking and channel ops, batch splitting, merging and randomizing, load images and video from anywhere, dynamic bus routing with a single node, export support for GIPHY, save output anywhere! flatten, crop, transform; check colorblindness, make stereogram or stereoscopic images, or liner interpolate values and more."
-version = "1.7.08"
+version = "1.7.9"
 license = { file = "LICENSE" }
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [{ name = "Alexander G. Morano", email = "amorano@gmail.com" }]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 62c47bc..5c6b748 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ matplotlib
 mido[ports-rtmidi]
 mss
 numba
-numpy>=1.26.4,<2.0.0; python_version < '3.12'
-numpy>=2.0.0; python_version > '3.11'
+numpy>=1.26.4,<2.0.0; python_version <= '3.11'
+numpy>=2.0.0; python_version >= '3.12'
 opencv-contrib-python
 Pillow
 PyOpenGL
-PyOpenGL-accelerate; python_version < '3.12'
+PyOpenGL_accelerate
 pywin32; platform_system=="Windows"
 requests
 scikit-image