diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3219c279d..c02433c5c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.whispersystems.textsecure</groupId>
     <artifactId>TextSecureServer</artifactId>
-    <version>0.96</version>
+    <version>0.97</version>
 
     <properties>
         <dropwizard.version>0.9.0-rc3</dropwizard.version>