diff --git a/src/package-lock.json b/src/package-lock.json
index bb48f1dd0..1b2e08da4 100644
--- a/src/package-lock.json
+++ b/src/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ep_etherpad-lite",
-  "version": "1.9.6",
+  "version": "1.9.7",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/src/package.json b/src/package.json
index 54f302769..77b313f2b 100644
--- a/src/package.json
+++ b/src/package.json
@@ -106,6 +106,6 @@
     "test": "mocha --timeout 120000 --recursive tests/backend/specs ../node_modules/ep_*/static/tests/backend/specs",
     "test-container": "mocha --timeout 5000 tests/container/specs/api"
   },
-  "version": "1.9.6",
+  "version": "1.9.7",
   "license": "Apache-2.0"
 }