diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 1fa6ccd53d..6699cef779 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v2.9.6
+v2.9.7
diff --git a/library/Icinga/Application/Version.php b/library/Icinga/Application/Version.php
index d9315c3823..806c8c6626 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Application/Version.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Application/Version.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  */
 class Version
 {
-    const VERSION = '2.9.6';
+    const VERSION = '2.9.7';
 
     /**
      * Get the version of this instance of Icinga Web 2
diff --git a/modules/doc/module.info b/modules/doc/module.info
index ca2002317f..9fd13b5c20 100644
--- a/modules/doc/module.info
+++ b/modules/doc/module.info
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 Module: doc
-Version: 2.9.6
+Version: 2.9.7
 Description: Documentation module
  Extracts, shows and exports documentation for Icinga Web 2 and its modules.
diff --git a/modules/migrate/module.info b/modules/migrate/module.info
index 3541a2d2fa..80180a18c0 100644
--- a/modules/migrate/module.info
+++ b/modules/migrate/module.info
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Module: migrate
-Version: 2.9.6
+Version: 2.9.7
 Description: Migrate module
  This module was introduced with the domain-aware authentication feature in version 2.5.0.
  It helps you migrating users and user configurations according to a given domain.
diff --git a/modules/monitoring/module.info b/modules/monitoring/module.info
index 611db44bcf..7569f6a0f0 100644
--- a/modules/monitoring/module.info
+++ b/modules/monitoring/module.info
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Module: monitoring
-Version: 2.9.6
+Version: 2.9.7
 Description: Icinga monitoring module
  IDO accessor and UI for your monitoring. This is the initial instalment for a
  graphical presentation of Icinga environments. The predecessor of Icinga DB.
diff --git a/modules/setup/module.info b/modules/setup/module.info
index 0cecb895d7..89cf944a74 100644
--- a/modules/setup/module.info
+++ b/modules/setup/module.info
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Module: setup
-Version: 2.9.6
+Version: 2.9.7
 Description: Setup module
  Web based wizard for setting up Icinga Web 2 and its modules.
  This includes the data backends (e.g. relational database, LDAP),
diff --git a/modules/test/module.info b/modules/test/module.info
index 8bbe57b379..a81368398a 100644
--- a/modules/test/module.info
+++ b/modules/test/module.info
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Module: test
-Version: 2.9.6
+Version: 2.9.7
 Description: Translation module
  This module allows developers to run (unit) tests against Icinga Web 2 and
  any of its modules. Usually you do not need to enable this.
diff --git a/modules/translation/module.info b/modules/translation/module.info
index 77518a4e4e..19a97bf12c 100644
--- a/modules/translation/module.info
+++ b/modules/translation/module.info
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Module: translation
-Version: 2.9.6
+Version: 2.9.7
 Description: Translation module
  This module allows developers and translators to translate modules for multiple
  languages. You do not need this module to run an internationalized web frontend.