diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 1be56f7427c024147e4b635eddf7ec4f486cbcbe..3778938ab42416d4e4cb7685c71412ed6054ba65 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@
 void f_version(INT32 args)
 {
   pop_n_elems(args);
-  push_text("Pike v0.5 release 96");
+  push_text("Pike v0.5 release 97");
 }