diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 90e7cd2b..cdfcd481 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [v0.7.9] - 2021-12-16
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Fix `IndexMap` and `IndexSet` bounds
+- Make `IndexSet::new()` a `const fn`
+
 ## [v0.7.8] - 2021-11-11
 
 ### Added
@@ -423,8 +430,9 @@ architecture.
 
 - Initial release
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/japaric/heapless/compare/v0.7.8...HEAD
-[v0.7.9]: https://github.com/japaric/heapless/compare/v0.7.7...v0.7.8
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/japaric/heapless/compare/v0.7.9...HEAD
+[v0.7.9]: https://github.com/japaric/heapless/compare/v0.7.8...v0.7.9
+[v0.7.8]: https://github.com/japaric/heapless/compare/v0.7.7...v0.7.8
 [v0.7.7]: https://github.com/japaric/heapless/compare/v0.7.6...v0.7.7
 [v0.7.6]: https://github.com/japaric/heapless/compare/v0.7.5...v0.7.6
 [v0.7.5]: https://github.com/japaric/heapless/compare/v0.7.4...v0.7.5
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5a448031..bfedb936 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ keywords = ["static", "no-heap"]
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 name = "heapless"
 repository = "https://github.com/japaric/heapless"
-version = "0.7.8"
+version = "0.7.9"
 
 [features]
 default = ["cas"]
diff --git a/src/indexmap.rs b/src/indexmap.rs
index 100d7009..beedcb10 100644
--- a/src/indexmap.rs
+++ b/src/indexmap.rs
@@ -368,6 +368,10 @@ pub struct IndexMap<K, V, S, const N: usize> {
 impl<K, V, S, const N: usize> IndexMap<K, V, BuildHasherDefault<S>, N> {
     /// Creates an empty `IndexMap`.
     pub const fn new() -> Self {
+        // Const assert
+        crate::sealed::greater_than_1::<N>();
+        crate::sealed::power_of_two::<N>();
+
         IndexMap {
             build_hasher: BuildHasherDefault::new(),
             core: CoreMap::new(),
diff --git a/src/indexset.rs b/src/indexset.rs
index 23256471..fbf33360 100644
--- a/src/indexset.rs
+++ b/src/indexset.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use crate::indexmap::{self, IndexMap};
 use core::{borrow::Borrow, fmt, iter::FromIterator};
-use hash32::{BuildHasher, BuildHasherDefault, FnvHasher, Hash, Hasher};
+use hash32::{BuildHasher, BuildHasherDefault, FnvHasher, Hash};
 
 /// A [`heapless::IndexSet`](./struct.IndexSet.html) using the
 /// default FNV hasher.
@@ -74,22 +74,13 @@ pub type FnvIndexSet<T, const N: usize> = IndexSet<T, BuildHasherDefault<FnvHash
 ///     println!("{}", book);
 /// }
 /// ```
-pub struct IndexSet<T, S, const N: usize>
-where
-    T: Eq + Hash,
-{
+pub struct IndexSet<T, S, const N: usize> {
     map: IndexMap<T, (), S, N>,
 }
 
-impl<T, S, const N: usize> IndexSet<T, BuildHasherDefault<S>, N>
-where
-    T: Eq + Hash,
-    S: Default + Hasher,
-{
+impl<T, S, const N: usize> IndexSet<T, BuildHasherDefault<S>, N> {
     /// Creates an empty `IndexSet`
-    pub fn new() -> Self {
-        assert!(N.is_power_of_two());
-
+    pub const fn new() -> Self {
         IndexSet {
             map: IndexMap::new(),
         }