diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index f4460b1..9224ee7 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-VERSION = 0.9.6
+VERSION = 0.9.7
diff --git a/autoport b/autoport
index da34a39..f8463c5 100755
--- a/autoport
+++ b/autoport
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 # Released under the terms of the GNU GPL release 3 license
 #
-VERSION=0.9.6
+VERSION=0.9.7
 BASE_ARCH=i586
 BASE_REPOSITORY=devel
 PORT_REPOSITORY=devel