diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b878672..c3e6465 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ All notable changes, per version and per commit. Versions follow
 `steamify.sh`. Versions before 0.7.0 were numbered afterwards,
 one per merged pull request.
 
+## 2.9.7 - 2026-10-01
+
 ## 2.9.6 - 2026-09-30
 
 - **fix(ci): a dev ISO from a release branch is built with that branch's own Steamify (input steamify_ref of the ISO workflow), not the newest published release: release/2.9.6 kept producing 2.9.5 ISOs**
diff --git a/steamify.sh b/steamify.sh
index 7a0a987..0943d72 100755
--- a/steamify.sh
+++ b/steamify.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 set -uo pipefail
 
 # Release version, see CHANGELOG.md.
-VERSION=2.9.6
+VERSION=2.9.7
 
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"