diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index acace75a..70c9dfb2 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Current release
 ---------------
 
-What's new in psycopg 2.9.7 (unreleased)
-^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+What's new in psycopg 2.9.7
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
 - Fix propagation of exceptions raised during module initialization
   (:ticket:`#1598`).
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7c9c7091..ed4c6af7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ except ImportError:
 # Take a look at https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0440/
 # for a consistent versioning pattern.
 
-PSYCOPG_VERSION = '2.9.6'
+PSYCOPG_VERSION = '2.9.7'
 
 
 # note: if you are changing the list of supported Python version please fix