diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4bd8419c..f836bbcf 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-AC_INIT([sugar-toolkit-gtk3],[0.96.4],[],[sugar-toolkit-gtk3])
+AC_INIT([sugar-toolkit-gtk3],[0.97.0],[],[sugar-toolkit-gtk3])
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.59])