diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3e44805..7e7c8d3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.63])
 AC_INIT([libdrm],
-        [2.4.96],
+        [2.4.97],
         [https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=DRI],
         [libdrm])
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index bdfec81..b3eb846 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 project(
   'libdrm',
   ['c'],
-  version : '2.4.96',
+  version : '2.4.97',
   license : 'MIT',
   meson_version : '>= 0.43',
   default_options : ['buildtype=debugoptimized', 'c_std=gnu99'],