diff --git a/HISTORY.txt b/HISTORY.txt
index d9a5a62..3b6fcc9 100644
--- a/HISTORY.txt
+++ b/HISTORY.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 Simple x264/x265 Launcher version history 
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+Version 2.79 [2017-03-23]
+* Updated x265 to version 2.3+22
+* Fixed possible application startup error "0xc0000005"
+
 Version 2.78 [2017-01-07]
 * Updated x265 to version 2.2+22
 * Updated Avs2YUV to version 0.24 (BugMaster's mod 5)
diff --git a/src/encoder_x265.cpp b/src/encoder_x265.cpp
index 4362791..beaabe8 100644
--- a/src/encoder_x265.cpp
+++ b/src/encoder_x265.cpp
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
 #include <QPair>
 
 //x265 version info
-static const unsigned int VERSION_X265_MINIMUM_VER = 22;
-static const unsigned int VERSION_X265_MINIMUM_REV = 15;
+static const unsigned int VERSION_X265_MINIMUM_VER = 23;
+static const unsigned int VERSION_X265_MINIMUM_REV = 17;
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------
 // Helper Macros