diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c165ef9d2..6e41e5d48 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ CLI_OBJS = cli_classic.o cli_output.o print.o
 # will not require subversion. The downloadable snapshots are already exported.
 SVNVERSION := $(shell LC_ALL=C svnversion -cn . 2>/dev/null | sed -e "s/.*://" -e "s/\([0-9]*\).*/\1/" | grep "[0-9]" || LC_ALL=C svn info . 2>/dev/null | awk '/^Revision:/ {print $$2 }' | grep "[0-9]" || LC_ALL=C git svn info . 2>/dev/null | awk '/^Revision:/ {print $$2 }' | grep "[0-9]" || echo unknown)
 
-RELEASE := 0.9.6.1
+RELEASE := 0.9.7
 VERSION := $(RELEASE)-r$(SVNVERSION)
 RELEASENAME ?= $(VERSION)