diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 9b09cbcad..be914b06b 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ fi
 
 PACKAGE=zm
 
-VERSION=0.9.5
+VERSION=0.9.7
 
 if test "`cd $srcdir && pwd`" != "`pwd`" && test -f $srcdir/config.status; then
   { echo "configure: error: source directory already configured; run "make distclean" there first" 1>&2; exit 1; }
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 980fe7cbd..2a1fa5bd0 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AC_INIT(src/zm.h)
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(zm,0.9.6)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(zm,0.9.7)
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 
 AC_ARG_WITH(mysql,