diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 49bf2ce17cc07c2ccc3e62156d99f25388d83a8d..4be58baa181002eead2ba042b7c1432678706a5e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version 0.9.7 -- UNRELEASED
+version 0.9.7 -- January 27, 2010
     backupninja changes
 	 . fix bug in reportspace, thanks Dan Garthwaite
 	 . do not assume English locale when using date (Closes: #465837)
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 174399ddc4a3454a34d7866c0b44f5d5da7277e3..da2d6bae9ec15475d7837b7f332e50e60e0a9dde 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 # The maintainer mode is causing me grief with newest versions of autotools
 #AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
-AC_INIT([backupninja],[0.9.6],[backupninja@lists.riseup.net])
+AC_INIT([backupninja],[0.9.7],[backupninja@lists.riseup.net])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/backupninja.in])
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE