diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8df680b6d..a8aac92ae 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.whispersystems.textsecure</groupId>
     <artifactId>TextSecureServer</artifactId>
-    <version>1.96</version>
+    <version>1.97</version>
 
     <properties>
         <dropwizard.version>1.3.7</dropwizard.version>