diff --git a/GPy/__version__.py b/GPy/__version__.py
index 50533e30..f5b77301 100644
--- a/GPy/__version__.py
+++ b/GPy/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.9.6"
+__version__ = "0.9.7"
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 3a2581bd..188a6bab 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [bumpversion]
-current_version = 0.9.6
+current_version = 0.9.7
 tag = True
 commit = True